1 Kings

1 Kings 1:3

³Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then they searched	וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙	way·ḇaq·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1245 seek
throughout	בְּכֹ֖ל	bə·ḵōl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
for a beautiful	יָפָ֔ה	yā·p̄āh	Adjective - feminine singular	H3303 fair, beautiful
girl	נַעֲרָ֣ה	na·‘ă·rāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5291 girl, damsel
and they found	וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ	way·yim·ṣə·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4672 attain to, find
Abishag	אֲבִישַׁג֙	’ă·ḇî·šaḡ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H49 Abishag
the Shunammite	הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית	haš·šū·nam·mîṯ	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7767 Shunammitess
and brought	וַיָּבִ֥אוּ	way·yā·ḇi·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
her	אֹתָ֖הּ	’ō·ṯāh	Direct object marker; third person feminine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
to the king	לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.