1 Samuel

1 Samuel 12:21

²¹Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	וְלֹ֖א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
turn aside	תָּס֑וּרוּ	tā·sū·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5493 turn aside
after	אַחֲרֵ֣י	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
worthless	הַתֹּ֗הוּ	hat·tō·hū	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
things that	אֲשֶׁ֧ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
cannot	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
profit	יוֹעִ֛ילוּ	yō·w·‘î·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3276 profit, avail, benefit
or deliver	יַצִּ֖ילוּ	yaṣ·ṣî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5337 strip, plunder
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they	הֵֽמָּה׃	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
empty	תֹ֥הוּ	ṯō·hū	Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.