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1 Samuel 24:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.


1 Samuel 24:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 24:418 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ֠/יָּבֹאwayābōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גִּדְר֨וֹתgidərwōt
cote hedgenounH1448
wall
הַ/צֹּ֤אןhaṣōʾn
cattleparticleH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙haderekə
alongparticleH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
וְ/שָׁ֣םwəšām
in itconjH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
מְעָרָ֔הməʿārāh
cavenounH4631
den · hole
וַ/יָּבֹ֥אwayābōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
לְ/הָסֵ֣ךְləhāsēkə
coverpronH5526
defence · defend · hedge in · join together ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רַגְלָ֑י/וragəlāyw
foot(-ednounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
וְ/דָוִד֙wədāwid
DavidconjH1732
וַ/אֲנָשָׁ֔י/וwaʾănāšāyw
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בְּ/יַרְכְּתֵ֥יbəyarəkətēy
borderpronH3411
coast · part · quarter · side
הַ/מְּעָרָ֖הhaməʿārāh
caveparticleH4631
den · hole
יֹשְׁבִֽיםyōšəbiym
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
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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