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1 Samuel 25:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.


1 Samuel 25:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 25:2121 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/דָוִ֣דwədāwid
DavidconjH1732
אָמַ֗רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַךְ֩ʾakə
alsoparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
לַ/שֶּׁ֨קֶרlašeqer
without a causepronH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
שָׁמַ֜רְתִּיšāmarətiy
bewardverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
אֶֽתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לָ/זֶה֙lāzeh
hepronH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֔רbamidəbār
desertpronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נִפְקַ֥דnipəqad
appointverbH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
מִ/כָּלmikāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
מְא֑וּמָהməʾwmāh
faultnounH3972
no · ought · somewhat · any thing
וַ/יָּֽשֶׁבwayāšeb
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
לִ֥/יliy
pron
רָעָ֖הrāʿāh
adversitynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
טוֹבָֽהṭwōbāh
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
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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