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1 Samuel 25:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.


1 Samuel 25:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 25:218 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אִ֨ישׁwəʾiyš
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בְּ/מָע֜וֹןbəmāʿwōn
MaonpronH4584
Maonites. Compare
וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣/הוּwmaʿăśēhw
actconjH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
בַ/כַּרְמֶ֗לbakarəmel
CarmelpronH3760
fruitful field
וְ/הָ/אִישׁ֙wəhāʾiyš
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
גָּד֣וֹלgādwōl
elderadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
מְאֹ֔דməʾōd
diligentlyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
וְ/ל֛/וֹwəlwō
conj
צֹ֥אןṣōʾn
cattlenounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
שְׁלֹֽשֶׁתšəlōšet
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
אֲלָפִ֖יםʾălāpiym
thousandadjH505
וְ/אֶ֣לֶףwəʾelep
thousandconjH505
עִזִּ֑יםʿiziym
goatnounH5795
kid
וַ/יְהִ֛יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בִּ/גְזֹ֥זbigəzōz
cut offpronH1494
poll · shave · shear
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
צֹאנ֖/וֹṣōʾnwō
cattlenounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
בַּ/כַּרְמֶֽלbakarəmel
CarmelpronH3760
fruitful field
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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