1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 11:17

¹⁷David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
David	דָּוִ֖יד	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
longed for water	וַיִּתְאָו	way·yiṯ·ʾå̄w	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H183 incline, desire
and said	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	way·yō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Oh	מִ֚י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
that someone	מִ֚י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
would get me a drink	יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי	yaš·qê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to
of water	מַ֔יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
from the well	מִבּ֥וֹר	mib·bō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H953 pit, cistern, well
near the gate	בַּשָּֽׁעַר׃	baš·šā·‘ar	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8179 gate
of Bethlehem	לֶ֖חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1035 Beth-Lechem

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.