Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 16:9 Interlinear

“to pass by Then Jesse made Shammah And he said chosen Neither hath the LORD”

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1 Samuel 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּֽעֲבֵ֥ר	H5674	to pass by	to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
2	יִשַׁ֖י	H3448	Then Jesse	jishai, david's father
3	שַׁמָּ֑ה	H8048	made Shammah	shammah, the name of an edomite and four israelites
4	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	H559	And he said	to say (used with great latitude)
5	גַּם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
6	בָּזֶ֖ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
7	לֹֽא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8	בָחַ֥ר	H977	chosen	properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
9	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	Neither hath the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

1 Samuel 16:9 (current)to pass by Then Jesse made Shammah And he said chosen Neither hath the LORD