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1 Samuel 21:15

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← 1 Samuel 21:14	1 Samuel 21:15 (KJV)	1 Samuel 22:1 →
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore [then] have ye brought him to me?	Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the mad man in my presence? shall this [fellow] come into my house?	David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Have I need^H2638 of mad men^H7696, that ye have brought^H935 this fellow to play the mad man^H7696 in my presence? shall this fellow come^H935 into my house^H1004?

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אָכִישׁ אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הִנֵּה תִרְאוּ אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ לָמָּה תָּבִיאוּ אֹתֹו אֵלָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אָכִ֖ישׁ	'a.Khish	H397	HNp	Achish
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עֲבָדָ֑י/ו	'a.va.Da/v	H5650	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	servants/ his
הִנֵּ֤ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	there!
תִרְאוּ֙	tir.'U	H7200	HVqi2mp	you see
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a man
מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ	mish.ta.Ge.a'	H7696	HVtrmsa	behaving like a madman
לָ֛/מָּה	La./mah	H4100	HR/Ti	(to)/ why?
תָּבִ֥יאוּ	ta.Vi.'u	H935	HVhi2mp	do you bring
אֹת֖/וֹ	'o.T/o	H853	HTo/Sp3ms	(obj.)/ him
אֵלָֽ/י	'e.La/i	H413	HR/Sp1cs	to/ me

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

Strong's References

• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H2638 — חָסֵר (châçêr, khaw-sare'): from חָסֵר; lacking; hence, without; destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
• H7696 — שָׁגַע (shâgaʻ, shaw-gah'): a primitive root; to rave through insanity; (be, play the) mad (man).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H397 — אֲכִישׁ (ʼĂkîysh, aw-keesh'): of uncertain derivation; Akish, a Philistine king; Achish.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); 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, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): 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).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): Psalms 119:161

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: FELLOW
• Nave’s: ACHISH, DAVID, DECEPTION, DISSEMBLING, FALSEHOOD, GATH, INSANITY, MALINGERING, PHILISTINES

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