Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 27:7 Interlinear

And the time was a full year dwelt that David in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיְהִי֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2מִסְפַּ֣רH4557And the timea number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
3יָמִ֖יםH3117was a full yeara day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
4אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
5יָשַׁ֥בH3427dweltproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
6דָּוִ֖דH1732that Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
7בִּשְׂדֵ֣הH7704in the countrya field (as flat)
8פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430of the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
9יָמִ֖יםH3117was a full yeara day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
10וְאַרְבָּעָ֥הH702and fourfour
11חֳדָשִֽׁים׃H2320monthsthe new moon; by implication, a month

Verse Context

1 Samuel 27:6gave Then Achish that day ...
1 Samuel 27:7 (current) And the time was a full year dwelt that David in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months
1 Samuel 27:8went up And David and his men and invaded the Geshurites...

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