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1 Samuel 23:3

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Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.	And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?	Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And David's^H1732 men^H582 said^H559 unto him, Behold, we be afraid^H3373 here in Judah^H3063: how much more then if we come^H3212 to Keilah^H7084 against the armies^H4634 of the Philistines^H6430?

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד אֵלָיו הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ פֹה בִּיהוּדָה יְרֵאִים וְאַף כִּי־נֵלֵךְ קְעִלָה אֶל־מַעַרְכֹות פְּלִשְׁתִּים׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ	va/i.Yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
אַנְשֵׁ֤י	'an.Shei	H376	HNcmpc	(the) men of
דָוִד֙	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
אֵלָ֔י/ו	'e.La/v	H413	HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
אֲנַ֥חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	H587	HPp1cp	we
פֹ֛ה	foh	H6311	HD	here
בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֖ה	bi./hu.Dah	H3063	HR/Np	in/ Judah
יְרֵאִ֑ים	ye.re.'Im	H3372	HAampa	(are) fearful
וְ/אַף֙	ve./'Af	H637	HC/D	and/ indeed?
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	if
נֵלֵ֣ךְ	ne.Lekh	H3212	HVqi1cp	we will go
קְעִלָ֔ה	ke.'i.Lah	H7084	HNp	Keilah
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	against
מַֽעַרְכ֖וֹת	ma.'ar.Khot	H4634	HNcfpc	(the) battle lines of
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים	pe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3373 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): from יָרֵא; fearing; morally, reverent; afraid, fear (-ful).
• H4634 — מַעֲרָכָה (maʻărâkâh, mah-ar-aw-kaw'): feminine of מַעֲרָךְ; an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array; army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H7084 — קְעִילָה (Qᵉʻîylâh, keh-ee-law'): perhaps from קָלַע in the sense of enclosing; citadel; Keilah, a place in Palestine; Keilah.

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.
• 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).
• H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי; we; ourselves, us, we.
• H637 — אַף (ʼaph, af): a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though; also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H3372 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H6311 — פֹּה (pôh, po): or פֹּא; (Job 38:11), or פּוֹ; probably from a primitive inseparable particle 'p' (of demonstrative force) and הוּא; this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence; here, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.

Cross References

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

• Behold — 1 Samuel 23:15, 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Samuel 23:26, Psalms 11:1, Jeremiah 12:5

Reciprocal references (1): Proverbs 20:8

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: PHILISTINES, THE
• Nave’s: ARMIES, DAVID, KEILAH

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