1 Samuel

1 Samuel 25:29

²⁹And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.^e

Footnotes

e 25:29 Literally fling away the souls of your enemies as from the pocket of a sling

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And should someone	וַיָּ֤קָם	way·yā·qām	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
pursue you	לִרְדָפְךָ֔	lir·ḏā·p̄ə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
and seek	וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ	ū·lə·ḇaq·qêš	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1245 seek
your life	נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ	nap̄·še·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
then the life	נֶ֨פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of my lord	אֲדֹנִ֜י	’ă·ḏō·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H113 lord
will be	וְֽהָיְתָה֩	wə·hā·yə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
bound securely	צְרוּרָ֣ה׀	ṣə·rū·rāh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
by	אֵ֚ת	’êṯ	Preposition	H854 with
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
in the bundle	בִּצְר֣וֹר	biṣ·rō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6872 bundle, parcel, pouch, bag
of the living	הַחַיִּ֗ים	ha·ḥay·yîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
But	וְאֵ֨ת	wə·’êṯ	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
He shall fling away	יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה	yə·qal·lə·‘en·nāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7049 sling, hurl forth
the lives	נֶ֤פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of your enemies	אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙	’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
from a sling	הַקָּֽלַע׃	haq·qā·la‘	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7050 sling

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John 17:21 · Malachi 3:17 · Matthew 10:29–30 · Jeremiah 10:18 · Psalm 116:15 · John 17:23 · 1 Peter 1:5 · Psalm 66:9 · 1 Samuel 2:9 · Colossians 3:3–4 · Genesis 15:1 · John 10:27–30

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.