Hebrew Interlinear
1 Samuel 25:21 Interlinear
“Now David had said Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness was missed so that nothing of all that pertained unto him and he hath requited me evil for good”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְדָוִ֣ד | H1732 | Now David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 2 | אָמַ֗ר | H559 | had said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 3 | אַךְ֩ | H389 | a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only | |
| 4 | לַשֶּׁ֨קֶר | H8267 | Surely in vain | an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) |
| 5 | שָׁמַ֜רְתִּי | H8104 | have I kept | properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc |
| 6 | אֶֽת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 7 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 8 | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 9 | לָזֶה֙ | H2088 | all that this | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that |
| 10 | בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר | H4057 | fellow hath in the wilderness | a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert |
| 11 | וְלֹֽא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 12 | נִפְקַ֥ד | H6485 | was missed | to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc |
| 13 | מִכָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 14 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 15 | ל֖וֹ | H0 | ||
| 16 | מְא֑וּמָה | H3972 | so that nothing | properly, a speck or point, i.e., (by implication) something; with negative, nothing |
| 17 | וַיָּֽשֶׁב | H7725 | of all that pertained unto him and he hath requited | to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); |
| 18 | לִ֥י | H0 | ||
| 19 | רָעָ֖ה | H7451 | me evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 20 | תַּ֥חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 21 | טוֹבָֽה׃ | H2896 | for good | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
Verse Context
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1 Samuel 25:21 (current)Now David had said Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness was missed so that nothing of all that pertained unto him and he hath requited me evil for good
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