“And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?”
1 Samuel 27:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 27:523 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִ֜דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָכִ֗ישׁʾākiyš
AchishnounH397
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
נָא֩nāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
מָצָ֨אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
I have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חֵ֤ןḥēn
favornounH2580
grace · pleasant · precious · favoured
בְּ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙bəʿēyneykā
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יִתְּנוּyitənw
let people giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִ֣/יliy
pron
מָק֗וֹםmāqwōm
a placenounH4725
home · open · place · room ···
בְּ/אַחַ֛תbəʾaḥat
in one ofpronH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
עָרֵ֥יʿārēy
the cities ofnounH5892
city · court · town
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖הhaśādeh
the fieldparticleH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
וְ/אֵ֣שְׁבָהwəʾēšəbāh
so I may dwellconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
שָּׁ֑םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
וְ/לָ֨/מָּהwəlāmāh
and why?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יֵשֵׁ֧בyēšēb
will he dwellverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֛ʿabədəkā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
בְּ/עִ֥ירbəʿiyr
in the city ofpronH5892
city · court · town
הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖הhamaməlākāh
royaltyparticleH4467
king's · reign · royal
עִמָּֽ/ךְʿimākə
with youpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
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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