Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 26:20 Interlinear

fall Now therefore let not my blood to the earth before the face of the LORD is come out for the king of Israel to seek flea a as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְעַתָּ֗הH6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
2אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
3יִפֹּ֤לH5307fallto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
4דָּמִי֙H1818Now therefore let not my bloodblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
5אַ֔רְצָהH776to the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
6מִנֶּ֖גֶדH5048a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
7פְּנֵ֣יH6440before the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
8יְהוָ֑הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
9כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10יָצָ֞אH3318is come outto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
11מֶ֣לֶךְH4428for the kinga king
12יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
13לְבַקֵּשׁ֙H1245to seekto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15פַּרְעֹ֣שׁH6550fleaa flea (as the isolated insect)
16אֶחָ֔דH259aproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
17כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
18יִרְדֹּ֥ףH7291as when one doth huntto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
19הַקֹּרֵ֖אH7124a partridgea caller, i.e., partridge (from its cry)
20בֶּֽהָרִֽים׃H2022in the mountainsa mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Verse Context

1 Samuel 26:19 hear Now therefore I pray thee let my lord the king ...
1 Samuel 26:20 (current) fall Now therefore let not my blood to the earth before the face of the LORD is come out for the king of Israel to seek flea a as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains
1 Samuel 26:21Then said Saul I have sinned return my son David...

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