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1 Samuel 17:55
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📖 King James Version

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 וְ/כִ/רְא֨וֹת רָאָה H7200 HC/R/Vqc רָאָה a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative): advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
2 שָׁא֜וּל שָׁאוּל H7586 HNp שָׁאוּל passive participle of שָׁאַל; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites: Saul, Shaul.
3 אֶת אוֹת H853 HTo אוֹת apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely): (as such unrepresented in English).
4 דָּוִ֗ד דָּוִיד H1732 HNp דָּוִיד rarely (fully); Daviyd; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse: David.
5 יֹצֵא֙ יָצָא H3318 HVqrmsa יָצָא a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
6 לִ/קְרַ֣את קָרָא H7122 HR/Vqc קָרָא a primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
7 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430 HTd/Ngmsa פְּלִשְׁתִּי patrial from פְּלָ֫שֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth: Philistine.
8 אָמַ֗ר אָמַר H559 HVqp3ms אָמַר a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude): answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
9 אֶל אֶל H413 HR אֶל (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to: about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
10 אַבְנֵר֙ אֲבִינֵר H74 HNp אֲבִינֵר or (fully) Abiyner; from אָב and נֵר; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite: Abner.
11 שַׂ֣ר שָׂר H8269 HNcmsc שָׂר from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class): captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task-))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
12 הַ/צָּבָ֔א צָבָא H6635 HTd/Ncbsa צָבָא or (feminine) tsbadah; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship): appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
13 בֶּן בֵּן H1121 HNcmsc בֵּן from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like אָב, אָח, etc.)): + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
14 מִי מִי H4310 HTi מִי an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix: any (man), X he, X him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God.
15 זֶ֥ה זֶה H2088 HPdxms זֶה a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that: he, X hence, X here, it(-self), X now, X of him, the one...the other, X than the other, (X out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, X thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זוֹ, זוֹ, זוּ.
16 הַ/נַּ֖עַר נַ֫עַר H5288 HTd/Ncmsa נַ֫עַר from נָעַר; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age): babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
17 אַבְנֵ֑ר אֲבִינֵר H74 HNp אֲבִינֵר or (fully) Abiyner; from אָב and נֵר; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite: Abner.
18 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר H559 HC/Vqw3ms אָמַר a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude): answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
19 אַבְנֵ֔ר אֲבִינֵר H74 HNp אֲבִינֵר or (fully) Abiyner; from אָב and נֵר; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite: Abner.
20 חֵֽי חָי H2416 HAamsa חָי from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
21 נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֥ נָ֫פֶשׁ H5315 HNcbsc/Sp2ms נָ֫פֶשׁ from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
22 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ מֶ֫לֶך H4428 HTd/Ncmsa מֶ֫לֶך from מָלַך; a king: king, royal.
23 אִם אּם H518 HC אּם a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.
24 יָדָֽעְתִּי יָדַע H3045 HVqp1cs יָדַע a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow): acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.