1 Samuel

1 Samuel 20:8

⁸Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore show	וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ	wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
kindness	חֶ֙סֶד֙	ḥe·seḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your servant	עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ	‘aḇ·de·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
for	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you have brought	הֵבֵ֥אתָ	hê·ḇê·ṯā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
me	עַבְדְּךָ֖	‘aḇ·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
into a covenant	בִּבְרִ֣ית	biḇ·rîṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1285 covenant
with	עִמָּ֑ךְ	‘im·māḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5973 with
you before the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
If	וְאִם־	wə·’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
there is	יֶשׁ־	yeš-	Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
iniquity	עָוֺן֙	‘ā·wōn	Noun - common singular	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
in me	בִּ֤י	bî	Preposition; first person common singular
then kill me	הֲמִיתֵ֣נִי	hă·mî·ṯê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H4191 die
yourself	אַ֔תָּה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
why	לָמָּה־	lām·māh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
should you bring me	תְבִיאֵֽנִי׃פ	ṯə·ḇî·’ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
your father	אָבִ֖יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father

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2 Samuel 14:32 · 1 Samuel 18:3 · 1 Samuel 23:18 · 1 Chronicles 12:17 · 1 Samuel 20:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.