1 Samuel
1 Samuel 23:22–23
22Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning. 23Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
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1 Samuel 23:22
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | נָ֞א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| go | לְכוּ־ | lə·ḵū- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and prepare | הָכִ֣ינוּ | hā·ḵî·nū | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H3559 be firm |
| further | ע֗וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| Investigate | וּדְע֤וּ | ū·ḏə·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3045 know |
| and watch | וּרְאוּ֙ | ū·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7200 see |
| carefully where | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| he goes | תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה | tih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| and who | מִ֥י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has seen him | רָאָ֖הוּ | rā·’ā·hū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| there | שָׁ֑ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| for | כִּ֚י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I am told that | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| he | הֽוּא׃ | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| is extremely cunning | עָר֥וֹם | ‘ā·rō·wm | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H6191 be shrewd, crafty |
1 Samuel 23:23
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observe | וּרְא֣וּ | ū·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7200 see |
| and find out | וּדְע֗וּ | ū·ḏə·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3045 know |
| all | מִכֹּ֤ל | mik·kōl | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the places | הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙ | ham·ma·ḥă·ḇō·’îm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H4224 hiding-place |
| where | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| he hides | יִתְחַבֵּ֣א | yiṯ·ḥab·bê | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2244 withdraw, hide |
| Then come back | וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם | wə·šaḇ·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to me | אֵלַי֙ | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| with | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| certainty | נָכ֔וֹן | nā·ḵō·wn | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H3559 be firm |
| and I will go | וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י | wə·hā·laḵ·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| with you | אִתְּכֶ֑ם | ’it·tə·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H854 with |
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| he is | יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ | yeš·nōw | Adverb; third person masculine singular | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| in the land | בָאָ֔רֶץ | ḇā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| I will search him out | וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י | wə·ḥip·paś·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H2664 search |
| among all | בְּכֹ֖ל | bə·ḵōl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the clans | אַלְפֵ֥י | ’al·p̄ê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H505 thousand |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.