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1 Samuel 25:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.


1 Samuel 25:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 25:48 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥עwayišəmaʿ
call togetherconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
דָּוִ֖דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑רbamidəbār
desertpronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גֹזֵ֥זgōzēz
cut offverbH1494
poll · shave · shear
נָבָ֖לnābāl
NabalnounH5037
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
צֹאנֽ/וֹṣōʾnwō
cattlenounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
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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