“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.”
1 Samuel 27:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 27:129 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לִבּ֔/וֹlibwō
heart hisnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
עַתָּ֛הʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אֶסָּפֶ֥הʾesāpeh
I will be swept awayverbH5595
augment · consume · destroy · heap ···
יוֹםywōm
a daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֶחָ֖דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
בְּ/יַדbəyad
by the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
שָׁא֑וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
אֵֽיןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לִ֨/יliy
pron
ט֜וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִמָּלֵ֥טhimālēṭ
reallyverbH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
אִמָּלֵ֣טʾimālēṭ
I will escapeverbH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ
the land ofnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
וְ/נוֹאַ֨שׁwənwōʾaš
and he will desistconjH2976
one that is desperate · be no hope
מִמֶּ֤/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
לְ/בַקְשֵׁ֤/נִיləbaqəšēniy
to seek mepronH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
עוֹד֙ʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
גְּב֣וּלgəbwl
the territory ofnounH1366
bound · coast · great · landmark ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/נִמְלַטְתִּ֖יwəniməlaṭətiy
and I will be deliveredconjH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
מִ/יָּדֽ/וֹmiyādwō
from hand hispronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
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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