1 Samuel 23:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.”

1 Samuel 23:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 23:2815 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּ֣שָׁבwayāšāb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

שָׁא֗וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

מִ/רְדֹף֙mirədōp

chasepronH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

דָוִ֔דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

וַ/יֵּ֖לֶךְwayēlekə

awayconjH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt

befallpronH7122

chance · come · fall out · happen ···

פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כֵּ֗ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

קָֽרְאוּ֙qārəʾw

bewrayverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

לַ/מָּק֣וֹםlamāqwōm

countrypronH4725

home · open · place · room ···

הַ/ה֔וּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

סֶ֖לַעselaʿ

Sela-hammalekothnounH5555

הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹתhamaḥələqwōt

Sela-hammalekothnounH5555

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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