1 Samuel 23:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.”

1 Samuel 23:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 23:1811 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּכְרְת֧וּwayikərətw

be chewedconjH3772

be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···

שְׁנֵי/הֶ֛םšənēyhem

bothadjH8147

couple · double · second · twain ···

בְּרִ֖יתbəriyt

confederacynounH1285

feder · covenant · league

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁבwayēšeb

abideconjH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

דָּוִד֙dāwid

DavidnounH1732

בַּ/חֹ֔רְשָׁהbaḥōrəšāh

boughpronH2793

forest · shroud · wood

וִ/יהוֹנָתָ֖ןwiyhwōnātān

Jonathan. CompareconjH3083

הָלַ֥ךְhālakə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

לְ/בֵיתֽ/וֹləbēytwō

housepronH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

ℹWords 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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