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1 Samuel 17:16 Interlinear

“drew near And the Philistine morning and evening and presented himself forty days”

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1 Samuel 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ	H5066	drew near	to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati
2	הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י	H6430	And the Philistine	a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
3	הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם	H7925	morning	literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning
4	וְהַֽעֲרֵ֑ב	H6150	and evening	to grow dusky at sundown
5	וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב	H3320	and presented	to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
6	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	H705	himself forty	forty
7	יֽוֹם׃	H3117	days	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

1 Samuel 17:16 (current)drew near And the Philistine morning and evening and presented himself forty days