1 Samuel 26:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?”

1 Samuel 26:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 26:1813 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

זֶּ֛הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

אֲדֹנִ֥/יʾădōniy

lordnounH113

master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'

רֹדֵ֖ףrōdēp

chaseverbH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

עַבְדּ֑/וֹʿabədwō

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

כִּ֚יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מֶ֣הmeh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

עָשִׂ֔יתִיʿāśiytiy

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

וּ/מַהwmah

how (longconjH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

בְּ/יָדִ֖/יbəyādiy

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

רָעָֽהrāʿāh

adversitynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

ℹWords 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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