1 Samuel

1 Samuel 24:17

¹⁷and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
David	דָּוִ֔ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
You	אַתָּ֖ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
are more righteous	צַדִּ֥יק	ṣad·dîq	Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous
than I	מִמֶּ֑נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
for	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you	אַתָּה֙	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
have rewarded me	גְּמַלְתַּ֣נִי	gə·mal·ta·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H1580 deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
with good	הַטּוֹבָ֔ה	haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
though I	וַאֲנִ֖י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
have rewarded you	גְּמַלְתִּ֥יךָ	gə·mal·tî·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H1580 deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
with evil	הָרָעָֽה׃	hā·rā·‘āh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil

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