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1 Samuel 26:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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 26:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 26:2020 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
henceforthconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יִפֹּ֤לyipōl
be acceptedverbH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
דָּֽמִ/י֙dāmiy
blood(-ynounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
אַ֔רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִ/נֶּ֖גֶדmineged
aboutpronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָצָ֞אyāṣāʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לְ/בַקֵּשׁ֙ləbaqēš
askpronH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פַּרְעֹ֣שׁparəʿōš
fleanounH6550
אֶחָ֔דʾeḥād
aadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִרְדֹּ֥ףyirədōp
chaseverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
הַ/קֹּרֵ֖אhaqōrēʾ
partridge. See alsoparticleH7124
בֶּ/הָרִֽיםbehāriym
hillpronH2022
mount · promotion
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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