Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 13:20 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Samuel 13:20, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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