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1 Samuel 26:7 — King James Version← Study notes

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.


1 Samuel 26:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 26:721 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹא֩wayābōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
דָוִ֨דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
וַ/אֲבִישַׁ֥יwaʾăbiyšay
AbishaiconjH52
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עָם֮hāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
לַיְלָה֒layəlāh
nightnounH3915
וְ/הִנֵּ֣הwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
שָׁא֗וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
שֹׁכֵ֤בšōkēb
cast downverbH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
יָשֵׁן֙yāšēn
asleepadjH3463
sleep(-eth · -ing) · slept
בַּ/מַּעְגָּ֔לbamaʿəgāl
goingpronH4570
path · trench · way
וַ/חֲנִית֥/וֹwaḥăniytwō
javelinconjH2595
spear
מְעוּכָֽהməʿwkāh
bruisedverbH4600
stuck · be pressed
בָ/אָ֖רֶץbāʾāreṣ
earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מראשת/וmrʾštw
bolsternounH4763
head · pillow. Compare
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑י/וməraʾăšōtāyw
bolsternounH4763
head · pillow. Compare
וְ/אַבְנֵ֣רwəʾabənēr
AbnerconjH74
וְ/הָ/עָ֔םwəhāʿām
peopleconjH5971
men · nation · people
שֹׁכְבִ֖יםšōkəbiym
cast downverbH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
סביבת/וsbybtw
(placenounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
סְבִיבֹתָֽי/וsəbiybōtāyw
(placenounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
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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