Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 17:15 Interlinear

“But David went and returned from Saul to feed sheep his father's at Bethlehem”

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1 Samuel 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְדָוִ֛ד	H1732	But David	david, the youngest son of jesse
2	הֹלֵ֥ךְ	H1980	went	to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
3	וָשָׁ֖ב	H7725	and returned	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
4	מֵעַ֣ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5	שָׁא֑וּל	H7586	from Saul	shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
6	לִרְע֛וֹת	H7462	to feed	to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
7	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8	צֹ֥אן	H6629	sheep	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
9	אָבִ֖יו	H1	his father's	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
10	בֵּֽית	H0
11	לָֽחֶם׃	H1035	at Bethlehem	beth-lechem, a place in palestine

1 Samuel 17:15 (current)But David went and returned from Saul to feed sheep his father's at Bethlehem