1 Samuel 26:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 26:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 26:913 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

דָּוִ֛דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אֲבִישַׁ֖יʾăbiyšay

AbishainounH52

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תַּשְׁחִיתֵ֑/הוּtašəḥiytēhw

batterverbH7843

cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···

כִּ֠יkiy

andconjH3588

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

מִ֣יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

שָׁלַ֥חšālaḥ

appointverbH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

יָד֛/וֹyādwō

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

בִּ/מְשִׁ֥יחַbiməšiyḥa

anointedpronH4899

Messiah

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וְ/נִקָּֽהwəniqāh

acquit at allconjH5352

altogether · be blameless · cleanse · clear ···

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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