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1 Samuel 17:44 Interlinear

“said And the Philistine to David to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י	H6430	And the Philistine	a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
3	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
4	דָּוִ֑ד	H1732	to David	david, the youngest son of jesse
5	לְכָ֣ה	H1980		to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
6	אֵלַ֔י	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
7	וְאֶתְּנָה֙	H5414	to me and I will give	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
8	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9	בְּשָׂ֣רְךָ֔	H1320	thy flesh	flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
10	לְע֥וֹף	H5775	unto the fowls	a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
11	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם	H8064	of the air	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
12	וּלְבֶֽהֱמַ֥ת	H929	and to the beasts	properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
13	הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃	H7704	of the field	a field (as flat)

1 Samuel 17:44 (current)said And the Philistine to David to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field