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1 Samuel 26:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.


1 Samuel 26:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 26:820 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲבִישַׁי֙ʾăbiyšay
AbishainounH52
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּוִ֔דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
סִגַּ֨רsigar
close upverbH5462
deliver · give over · inclose · pure ···
אֱלֹהִ֥יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הַ/יּ֛וֹםhaywōm
dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אוֹיִבְ/ךָ֖ʾwōyibəkā
enemyverbH341
foe
בְּ/יָדֶ֑/ךָbəyādekā
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/עַתָּה֩wəʿatāh
henceforthconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אַכֶּ֨/נּוּʾakenw
beatverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
נָ֜אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
בַּ/חֲנִ֤יתbaḥăniyt
javelinpronH2595
spear
וּ/בָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙wbāʾāreṣ
earthconjH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
פַּ֣עַםpaʿam
anvilnounH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
אַחַ֔תʾaḥat
aadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶשְׁנֶ֖הʾešəneh
do (speakverbH8138
strike) again · alter · double · change ···
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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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