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1 Samuel 23:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?


1 Samuel 23:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 23:316 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַנְשֵׁ֤יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
דָוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הִנֵּ֨הhinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
אֲנַ֥חְנוּʾănaḥənw
ourselvesprepH587
us · we
פֹ֛הpōh
hereadvH6311
hither · the one (other · this · that) side
בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֖הbiyhwdāh
JudahpronH3063
יְרֵאִ֑יםyərēʾiym
affrightadjH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
וְ/אַף֙wəʾap
alsoconjH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נֵלֵ֣ךְnēlēkə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
קְעִלָ֔הqəʿilāh
KeilahnounH7084
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מַֽעַרְכ֖וֹתmaʿarəkwōt
armynounH4634
fight · be set in order · ordered place · rank ···
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽיםpəlišətiym
PhilistinenounH6430
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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