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1 Samuel 29:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?


1 Samuel 29:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 29:514 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/לוֹאhălwōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
זֶ֣הzeh
heprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
דָוִ֔דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֲשֶׁ֧רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַעֲנוּyaʿănw
give accountverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
ל֛/וֹlwō
pron
בַּ/מְּחֹל֖וֹתbaməḥōlwōt
companypronH4246
dances
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִכָּ֤הhikāh
beatverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
בַּֽ/אֲלָפָ֔י/וbaʾălāpāyw
thousandpronH505
וְ/דָוִ֖דwədāwid
DavidconjH1732
ב/רבבת/וbrbbtw
manypronH7233
million · multiply · ten thousand
בְּ/רִבְבֹתָֽי/וbəribəbōtāyw
manypronH7233
million · multiply · ten thousand
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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