1 Samuel
1 Samuel 30:13
13Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?”
“I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then David | דָוִד֙ | ḏā·wiḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| asked | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| him | ל֤וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| To whom | לְֽמִי־ | lə·mî- | Preposition-l; Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| do you | אַ֔תָּה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| and where | וְאֵ֥י | wə·’ê | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H335 where? |
| are you from | אָ֑תָּה | ’āt·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| I am | אָנֹ֗כִי | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| an Egyptian | מִצְרִ֣י | miṣ·rî | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4713 Mitsrite |
| he replied | וַיֹּ֜אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the slave | עֶ֚בֶד | ‘e·ḇeḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| of an Amalekite | עֲמָֽלֵקִ֔י | ‘ă·mā·lê·qî | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6003 Amalekite |
| My master | אֲדֹנִ֛י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| abandoned me | וַיַּעַזְבֵ֧נִי | way·ya·‘az·ḇê·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| three | שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ | šə·lō·šāh | Number - masculine singular | H7969 a three, triad |
| days ago | הַיּ֥וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| when | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I fell ill | חָלִ֖יתִי | ḥā·lî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2470 be weak, sick |
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