1 Samuel

1 Samuel 23:27

²⁷Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then a messenger	וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ	ū·mal·’āḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H4397 messenger
came	בָּ֔א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Saul	שָׁא֖וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Come	וְלֵ֔כָה	wə·lê·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
quickly	מַהֲרָ֣ה	ma·hă·rāh	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H4116 hasten
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
have raided	פָשְׁט֥וּ	p̄ā·šə·ṭū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6584 strip off, make a dash, raid
the land	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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