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1 Samuel 17:16

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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.	And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.	And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the Philistine^H6430 drew near^H5066 morning^H7925 and evening^H6150, and presented^H3320 himself forty^H705 days^H3117.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּגַּשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַשְׁכֵּם וְהַעֲרֵב וַיִּתְיַצֵּב אַרְבָּעִים יֹום׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּגַּ֥שׁ	va/i.yi.Gash	H5066	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he drew near
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י	ha./pe.lish.Ti	H6430	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Philistine
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם	hash.Kem	H7925	HVha	rising early
וְ/הַעֲרֵ֑ב	ve./ha.'a.Rev	H6150	HC/Vha	and/ (the) evening darkened
וַ/יִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב	va/i.yit.ya.Tzev	H3320	HC/Vtw3ms	and/ he took his stand
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	H705	HAcbpa	forty
יֽוֹם	Yom	H3117	HNcmsa	day(s)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H705 — אַרְבָּעִים (ʼarbâʻîym, ar-baw-eem'): multiple of אַרְבַּע; forty; -forty.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3320 — יָצַב (yâtsab, yaw-tsab'): a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue; present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
• H5066 — נָגַשׁ (nâgash, naw-gash'): a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
• H6150 — עָרַב (ʻârab, aw-rab'): a primitive root (rather identical with עָרַב through the idea of covering with a texture); to grow dusky at sundown; be darkened, (toward) evening.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H7925 — שָׁכַם (shâkam, shaw-kam'): a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from שְׁכֶם; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning; (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• forty days — Matthew 4:2, Luke 4:2

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Kings 20:29

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HOME, PERIODS AND NUMBERS
• Nave’s: ARMIES, CHAMPIONSHIP, JESSE

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