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1 Samuel 29:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?


1 Samuel 29:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 29:435 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקְצְפ֨וּwayiqəṣəpw
and they were angryconjH7107
displease · fret self · wrath · be wroth
עָלָ֜י/וʿālāyw
towards himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׂרֵ֣יśārēy
the commanders ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל/וֹ֩lwō
pron
שָׂרֵ֨יśārēy
the commanders ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֜יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
הָשֵׁ֣בhāšēb
send backverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אִ֗ישׁhāʾiyš
the manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/יָשֹׁב֙wəyāšōb
so may he returnconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מְקוֹמ/וֹ֙məqwōmwō
place hisnounH4725
home · open · place · room ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whereparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִפְקַדְתּ֣/וֹhipəqadətwō
you assigned himverbH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
שָׁ֔םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵרֵ֤דyērēd
he will go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
עִמָּ֨/נוּ֙ʿimānw
with uspronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
בַּ/מִּלְחָמָ֔הbamiləḥāmāh
in the battlepronH4421
fight · war
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִֽהְיֶהyihəyeh
he will becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָּ֥/נוּlānw
pron
לְ/שָׂטָ֖ןləśāṭān
an adversarypronH7854
Satan · withstand
בַּ/מִּלְחָמָ֑הbamiləḥāmāh
in the battlepronH4421
fight · war
וּ/בַ/מֶּ֗הwbameh
and how?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִתְרַצֶּ֥הyitəraṣeh
will he make himself acceptableverbH7521
accomplish · set affection · approve · consent with ···
זֶה֙zeh
this oneprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲדֹנָ֔י/וʾădōnāyw
master hisnounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
הֲ/ל֕וֹאhălwōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בְּ/רָאשֵׁ֖יbərāʾšēy
by the heads ofpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֥יםhāʾănāšiym
manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָ/הֵֽםhāhēm
thoseparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
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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