Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 18:23 Interlinear

spake servants And Saul's in the ears And David those words said And David it to you a light Seemeth son in law thing to be a king's man seeing that I am a poor and lightly esteemed

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּH1696spakeperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
2עַבְדֵ֤יH5650servantsa servant
3שָׁאוּל֙H7586And Saul'sshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
4בְּאָזְנֵ֣יH241in the earsbroadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
5דָּוִ֗דH1732And Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7הַדְּבָרִ֖יםH1697those wordsa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
8הָאֵ֑לֶּהH428these or those
9וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
10דָּוִ֗דH1732And Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
11הַֽנְקַלָּ֤הH7043it to you a lightto be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
12בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙H5869Seemethan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
13הִתְחַתֵּ֣ןH2859son in lawto give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
14בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428thing to be a king'sa king
15וְאָֽנֹכִ֖יH595i
16אִֽישׁH376mana 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)
17רָ֥שׁH7326seeing that I am a poorto be destitute
18וְנִקְלֶֽה׃H7034and lightly esteemedto be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be [causatively, hold] in contempt)

Verse Context

1 Samuel 18:22commanded And Saul his servants saying Commune ...
1 Samuel 18:23 (current)spake servants And Saul's in the ears And David those words said And David it to you a light Seemeth son in law thing to be a king's man seeing that I am a poor and lightly esteemed
1 Samuel 18:24told And the servants of Saul him saying On this manner...

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