1 Samuel
1 Samuel 28:22
22Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | וְעַתָּ֗ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| please | נָ֤א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| listen | שְׁמַֽע־ | šə·ma‘- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| to your servant | שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָ | šip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H8198 maid, maid-servant |
| and let me set | וְאָשִׂ֧מָה | wə·’ā·śi·māh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| a morsel | פַּת־ | paṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H6595 fragment, bit, morsel |
| of bread | לֶ֖חֶם | le·ḥem | Noun - masculine singular | H3899 bread, food |
| before you | לְפָנֶ֛יךָ | lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| so you may eat | וֶאֱכ֑וֹל | we·’ĕ·ḵō·wl | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H398 eat |
| and have | וִיהִ֤י | wî·hî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| the strength | כֹּ֔חַ | kō·aḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H3581 strength, power |
| to | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| go | תֵלֵ֖ךְ | ṯê·lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| on your way | בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ | bad·dā·reḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.