1 Samuel

1 Samuel 20:29

²⁹saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
saying	וַיֹּ֡אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Please	נָ֡א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
let me go	שַׁלְּחֵ֣נִי	šal·lə·ḥê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H7971 send
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
our clan	מִשְׁפָּחָ֨ה	miš·pā·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4940 clan
is holding a sacrifice	זֶבַח֩	ze·ḇaḥ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2077 sacrifice
in the city	בָּעִ֗יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
and my brother	אָחִ֔י	’ā·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H251 brother
has told me	צִוָּֽה־	ṣiw·wāh-	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
to be there	לִי֙	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
So now	וְעַתָּ֗ה	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have found	מָצָ֤אתִי	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
favor	חֵן֙	ḥên	Noun - masculine singular	H2580 favour, grace
in your eyes	בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ	bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
please	נָּ֖א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
let me go	אִמָּ֥לְטָה	’im·mā·lə·ṭāh	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H4422 slip away
and see	וְאֶרְאֶ֣ה	wə·’er·’eh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H7200 see
my brothers	אֶחָ֑י	’e·ḥāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H251 brother
That is why	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
he has not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come	בָ֔א	ḇā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the king’s	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
table	שֻׁלְחַ֖ן	šul·ḥan	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7979 table

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.