1 Samuel

1 Samuel 27:8–9

⁸Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) ⁹Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing.

Then he would return to Achish,

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1 Samuel 27:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now David	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and his men	וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו	wa·’ă·nā·šāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H582 man, mankind
went up	וַיַּ֤עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
and raided	וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ	way·yip̄·šə·ṭū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6584 strip off, make a dash, raid
the Geshurites	הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י	hag·gə·šū·rî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1651 Geshurite
the Girzites	וְהַגִּרְזִי	wə·hag·gir·zī	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1511 Grizite
and the Amalekites	וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י	wə·hā·‘ă·mā·lê·qî	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6003 Amalekite
From	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
ancient times	מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם	mê·‘ō·w·lām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
these people	הֵ֜נָּה	hên·nāh	Pronoun - third person feminine plural	H2007 they
had inhabited	יֹשְׁב֤וֹת	yō·šə·ḇō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
the land	הָאָ֙רֶץ֙	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
extending to Shur	שׁ֖וּרָה	šū·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H7793 Shur
and	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם׃	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians

1 Samuel 27:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Whenever David	דָוִד֙	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
attacked	וְהִכָּ֤ה	wə·hik·kāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
a territory	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
he did not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
leave	יְחַיֶּ֖ה	yə·ḥay·yeh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2421 live
a man	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
or woman	וְאִשָּׁ֑ה	wə·’iš·šāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
but he took	וְלָקַח֩	wə·lā·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
the flocks	צֹ֨אן	ṣōn	Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
and herds	וּבָקָ֜ר	ū·ḇā·qār	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1241 cattle, herd, ox
the donkeys	וַחֲמֹרִ֤ים	wa·ḥă·mō·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H2543 heap
camels	וּגְמַלִּים֙	ū·ḡə·mal·lîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H1581 camel
and clothing	וּבְגָדִ֔ים	ū·ḇə·ḡā·ḏîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H899 treachery
Then he would return	וַיָּ֖שָׁב	way·yā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Achish	אָכִֽישׁ׃	’ā·ḵîš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H397 Akish

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1 Samuel 27:8 1 Samuel 15:7–8 · Joshua 13:2 · Joshua 13:13 · Joshua 16:10 · Judges 1:29

1 Samuel 27:9 1 Samuel 15:3

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