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1 Samuel 22:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?


1 Samuel 22:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 22:1417 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֧עַןwayaʿan
give accountconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְʾăḥiymelekə
AhimelechnounH288
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
וַ/יֹּאמַ֑רwayōʾmar
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
וּ/מִ֤יwmiy
anyconjH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
בְ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲבָדֶ֨י/ךָ֙ʿăbādeykā
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
כְּ/דָוִ֣דkədāwid
DavidpronH1732
נֶאֱמָ֔ןneʾĕmān
henceverbH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
וַ/חֲתַ֥ןwaḥătan
bridegroomconjH2860
husband · son in law
הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
וְ/סָ֥רwəsār
beconjH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖/ךָmišəmaʿətekā
biddingnounH4928
guard · obey
וְ/נִכְבָּ֥דwənikəbād
abounding withconjH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
בְּ/בֵיתֶֽ/ךָbəbēytekā
housepronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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