1 Samuel

1 Samuel 11:1

¹Then Nahash^a the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty^b with us, and we will serve you.”

Footnotes

a 11:1 DSS and LXX About a month later Nahash
b 11:1 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Nahash	נָחָשׁ֙	nā·ḥāš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5176 Nachash
the Ammonite	הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔י	hā·‘am·mō·w·nî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5984 Ammonite
came up	וַיַּ֗עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
and laid siege	וַיִּ֖חַן	way·yi·ḥan	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2583 decline, bend down, encamp
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Jabesh-gilead	יָבֵ֣שׁ	yā·ḇêš	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3003 Jobesh
All	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the men	אַנְשֵׁ֤י	’an·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
of Jabesh	יָבֵישׁ֙	yā·ḇêš	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3003 Jobesh
said	וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
him	נָחָ֔שׁ	nā·ḥāš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5176 Nachash
Make	כְּרָת־	kə·rāṯ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
a treaty	בְרִ֖ית	ḇə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
with us	לָ֥נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
and we will serve you	וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃	wə·na·‘aḇ·ḏe·kā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; second person masculine singular	H5647 work, serve

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1 Samuel 12:12 · 1 Kings 20:34 · Ezekiel 17:13 · Genesis 26:28 · Judges 21:8 · Job 41:4 · Exodus 23:32

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.