Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 13:20 Interlinear

went down But all the Israelites to the Philistines to sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֵּֽרְד֥וּH3381went downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
2כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
3יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478But all the Israeliteshe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
4הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430to the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
5לִ֠לְטוֹשׁH3913to sharpenproperly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e., to sharpen
6אִ֣ישׁH376every mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8מַֽחֲרַשְׁתּ֤וֹH4282his shareprobably a hoe
9וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10אֵתוֹ֙H855and his coultera hoe or other digging implement
11וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12קַרְדֻּמּ֔וֹH7134and his axean axe
13וְאֵ֖תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14מַחֲרֵֽשָׁתֽוֹ׃H4281and his mattockprobably a pick-axe

Verse Context

1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel...
1 Samuel 13:20 (current)went down But all the Israelites to the Philistines to sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock
1 Samuel 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks and for the coulters and for the forks...

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