1 Samuel
1 Samuel 26:8
8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abishai | אֲבִישַׁי֙ | ’ă·ḇî·šay | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H52 Abishai |
| said | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | 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 |
| Today | הַיּ֛וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| God | אֱלֹהִ֥ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| has delivered | סִגַּ֨ר | sig·gar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5462 shut, close |
| your enemy | אוֹיִבְךָ֖ | ’ō·w·yiḇ·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H341 be hostile to |
| into your hand | בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ | bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| Now | וְעַתָּה֩ | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| therefore | וְעַתָּה֩ | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| please | נָ֜א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| let me thrust the spear | בַּחֲנִ֤ית | ba·ḥă·nîṯ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2595 spear |
| through him | אַכֶּ֨נּוּ | ’ak·ken·nū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; third person masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| into the ground | וּבָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | ū·ḇā·’ā·reṣ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| with one | אַחַ֔ת | ’a·ḥaṯ | Number - feminine singular | H259 one |
| stroke | פַּ֣עַם | pa·‘am | Noun - feminine singular construct | H6471 beat, foot, anvil, occurrence |
| I will not | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| need to strike him twice | אֶשְׁנֶ֖ה | ’eš·neh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H8138 change |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.