1 Samuel

1 Samuel 27:5–6

5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

6That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

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1 Samuel 27:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then Davidדָּוִ֜דdā·wiḏNoun - proper - masculine singularH1732 David
saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
toאֶל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
Achishאָכִ֗ישׁ’ā·ḵîšNoun - proper - masculine singularH397 Akish
Ifאִם־’im-ConjunctionH518 if
I have foundמָצָ֨אתִיmā·ṣā·ṯîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH4672 attain to, find
favorחֵ֤ןḥênNoun - masculine singularH2580 favour, grace
in your eyesבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙bə·‘ê·ne·ḵāPreposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singularH5869 eye
let me be assignedיִתְּנוּ־yit·tə·nū-Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH5414 give, put, set
a placeמָק֗וֹםmā·qō·wmNoun - masculine singularH4725 standing, spot, condition
in oneבְּאַחַ֛תbə·’a·ḥaṯPreposition-b; Number - feminine singular constructH259 one
of the outlyingהַשָּׂדֶ֖הhaś·śā·ḏehArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7704 id.
townsעָרֵ֥י‘ā·rêNoun - feminine plural constructH5892 excitement
so I can liveוְאֵ֣שְׁבָהwə·’ê·šə·ḇāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularH3427 sit, remain, dwell
thereשָּׁ֑םšāmAdverbH8033 there, thither
For whyוְלָ֨מָּהwə·lām·māhConjunctive waw, Preposition-l; InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
should your servantעַבְדְּךָ֛‘aḇ·də·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH5650 slave, servant
liveיֵשֵׁ֧בyê·šêḇVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH3427 sit, remain, dwell
in the royalהַמַּמְלָכָ֖הham·mam·lā·ḵāhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign
cityבְּעִ֥ירbə·‘îrPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular constructH5892 excitement
with youעִמָּֽךְ׃‘im·māḵPreposition; second person feminine singularH5973 with

1 Samuel 27:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Thatהַה֖וּאha·hūArticle; Pronoun - third person masculine singularH1931 he, she
dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbay·yō·wmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH3117 day
Achishאָכִ֛ישׁ’ā·ḵîšNoun - proper - masculine singularH397 Akish
gaveוַיִּתֶּן־way·yit·ten-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH5414 give, put, set
himל֥וֹlōwPreposition; third person masculine singular
Ziklagצִֽקְלָ֑גṣiq·lāḡNoun - proper - feminine singularH6860 Tsiklag, Tsikelag
andלָכֵ֞ןlā·ḵênAdverbH3651 right, veritable, honest
toעַ֖ד‘aḏPrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
thisהַזֶּֽה׃פhaz·zehArticle; Pronoun - masculine singularH2088 this, that
dayהַיּ֥וֹםhay·yō·wmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH3117 day
still belongs toהָיְתָ֤הhā·yə·ṯāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the kingsלְמַלְכֵ֣יlə·mal·ḵêPreposition-l; Noun - masculine plural constructH4428 king
of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הyə·hū·ḏāhNoun - proper - masculine singularH3063 Judah

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1 Samuel 27:6 Nehemiah 11:28 · Joshua 15:31

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