1 Samuel

1 Samuel 17:33

³³But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But Saul	שָׁא֜וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
replied	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
You cannot	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
go out	לָלֶ֙כֶת֙	lā·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
against	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
this	הַזֶּ֔ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
Philistine	הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י	hap·pə·liš·tî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6430 Philistine
to fight	לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם	lə·hil·lā·ḥêm	Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct	H3898 fight, do battle
him	עִמּ֑וֹ	‘im·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5973 with
You are	אַ֔תָּה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
just a boy	נַ֣עַר	na·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
and he	וְה֛וּא	wə·hū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
has been a warrior	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
from his youth	מִנְּעֻרָֽיו׃ס	min·nə·‘u·rāw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young

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