1 Samuel

1 Samuel 30:9–10

⁹So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind ¹⁰because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

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1 Samuel 30:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
David	דָּוִ֗ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and his six	וְשֵׁשׁ־	wə·šêš-	Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular	H8337 six
hundred	מֵא֥וֹת	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
men	אִישׁ֙	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
went	וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the Brook	נַ֣חַל	na·ḥal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady
of Besor	הַבְּשׂ֑וֹר	hab·bə·śō·wr	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1308 Besor
where some stayed behind	וְהַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים	wə·han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H3498 remain over

1 Samuel 30:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
because	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
two hundred	מָאתַ֣יִם	mā·ṯa·yim	Number - fd	H3967 hundred
men	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
were too exhausted	פִּגְּר֔וּ	pig·gə·rū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H6296 be exhausted, faint
to cross	מֵעֲבֹ֖ר	mê·‘ă·ḇōr	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
the brook	נַ֥חַל	na·ḥal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady
But David	דָּוִ֔ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and four	וְאַרְבַּע־	wə·’ar·ba‘-	Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular	H702 four
hundred	מֵא֣וֹת	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
men	אִ֑ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
continued in pursuit	וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף	way·yir·dōp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute

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