Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 27:8 Interlinear

went up And David and his men and invaded the Geshurites and the Gezrites and the Amalekites for those the inhabitants even unto the land nations were of old as thou goest to Shur even unto the land of Egypt

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֤עַלH5927went upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
2דָּוִד֙H1732And Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
3וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוH582and his menproperly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
4וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּH6584and invadedto spread out (i.e., deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e., unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
5אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
6הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥יH1651the Geshuritesa geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitants of geshur
7וְהַגִּרְזִ֖יH1511and the Gezritesa grizite (collectively) or member of a native tribe in palestine
8וְהָעֲמָֽלֵקִ֑יH6003and the Amalekitesan amalekite (or collectively the amalekites) or descendants of amalek
9כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10הֵ֜נָּהH2007for thosethemselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
11יֹֽשְׁב֤וֹתH3427the inhabitantsproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
12אֶ֥רֶץH776even unto the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
13אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
14מֵֽעוֹלָ֔םH5769nations were of oldproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
15בּֽוֹאֲךָ֥H935as thou goestto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
16שׁ֖וּרָהH7793to Shurshur, a region of the desert
17וְעַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
18אֶ֥רֶץH776even unto the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
19מִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

Verse Context

1 Samuel 27:7 And the time was a full year dwelt that David...
1 Samuel 27:8 (current)went up And David and his men and invaded the Geshurites and the Gezrites and the Amalekites for those the inhabitants even unto the land nations were of old as thou goest to Shur even unto the land of Egypt
1 Samuel 27:9smote And David the land alive...

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