Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 1:3 Interlinear

“So they sought damsel for a fair throughout all the coasts of Israel and found Abishag a Shunammite and brought her to the king”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙	H1245	So they sought	to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
2	נַֽעֲרָ֣ה	H5291	damsel	a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
3	יָפָ֔ה	H3303	for a fair	beautiful (literally or figuratively)
4	בְּכֹ֖ל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5	גְּב֣וּל	H1366	throughout all the coasts	properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
6	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	H3478	of Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
7	וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ	H4672	and found	properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
8	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9	אֲבִישַׁג֙	H49	Abishag	abishag, a concubine of david
10	הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית	H7767	a Shunammite	a shunammitess, or female inhabitant of shunem
11	וַיָּבִ֥אוּ	H935	and brought	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
12	אֹתָ֖הּ	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13	לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	H4428	her to the king	a king

1 Kings 1:3 (current)So they sought damsel for a fair throughout all the coasts of Israel and found Abishag a Shunammite and brought her to the king