1 Samuel 23:28
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
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ASV
So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
KJV
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣שָׁב | vai.Ya.shov | and he turned back | H7725 → |
| שָׁא֗וּל | sha.'Ul | Saul | H7586 → |
| מִרְדֹף֙ | mir.Dof | from pursuing | H7291 → |
| אַחֲרֵ֣י | 'a.cha.Rei | after | H310 → |
| דָוִ֔ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vai.Ye.lekh | and he went | H1980 → |
| לִקְרַ֣את | lik.Rat | to meet | H7122 → |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | pe.lish.Tim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּ֗ן | Ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| קָֽרְאוּ֙ | ka.re.'U | people called | H7121 → |
| לַמָּק֣וֹם | la.ma.Kom | <to> the place | H4725 → |
| הַה֔וּא | ha.Hu' | <the> that | H1931 → |
| סֶ֖לַע | Se.la' | Sela | H5555 → |
| הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃ | Ha.mach.le.Kot | Hammahlekoth | H5555 → |
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