Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 23:8 Interlinear

“called And Saul all the people to war to go down to Keilah to besiege David ”

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1 Samuel 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְשַׁמַּ֥ע	H8085	called	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2	שָׁא֛וּל	H7586	And Saul	shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5	הָעָ֖ם	H5971	all the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
6	לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה	H4421	to war	a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
7	לָרֶ֣דֶת	H3381	to go down	to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
8	קְעִילָ֔ה	H7084	to Keilah	keilah, a place in palestine
9	לָצ֥וּר	H6696	to besiege	to cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
10	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
11	דָּוִ֖ד	H1732	David	david, the youngest son of jesse
12	וְאֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
13	אֲנָשָֽׁיו׃	H376		a 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)

1 Samuel 23:8 (current)called And Saul all the people to war to go down to Keilah to besiege David