1 Samuel

1 Samuel 24:9

⁹and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to Saul	לְשָׁא֔וּל	lə·šā·’ūl	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
Why	לָ֧מָּה	lām·māh	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
do you listen	תִשְׁמַ֛ע	ṯiš·ma‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8085 hear
to the words	דִּבְרֵ֥י	diḇ·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word
of men	אָדָ֖ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
who say	לֵאמֹ֑ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Look	הִנֵּ֣ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
David	דָוִ֔ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
intends	מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ	mə·ḇaq·qêš	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1245 seek
to harm you	רָעָתֶֽךָ׃	rā·‘ā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.