“Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.”
1 Samuel 26:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 26:2020 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
and nowconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יִפֹּ֤לyipōl
it fallverbH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
דָּֽמִ/י֙dāmiy
blood mynounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
אַ֔רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
the ground towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִ/נֶּ֖גֶדmineged
from beforepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
the presence ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָצָ֞אyāṣāʾ
he has come outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
the king ofnounH4428
royal
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לְ/בַקֵּשׁ֙ləbaqēš
to seekpronH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פַּרְעֹ֣שׁparəʿōš
a fleanounH6550
אֶחָ֔דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִרְדֹּ֥ףyirədōp
someone pursuesverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
הַ/קֹּרֵ֖אhaqōrēʾ
the partridgeparticleH7124
בֶּ/הָרִֽיםbehāriym
in the mountainspronH2022
mount · promotion
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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