Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 26:20 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Samuel 26:20, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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