1 Samuel 25:34
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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ASV
For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.
KJV
For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאוּלָ֗ם | ve.'u.Lam | and but | H199 → |
| חַי־ | chai- | [by] [the] life | H2416 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | of Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | 'e.lo.Hei | [the] God of | H430 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| מְנָעַ֔נִי | me.na.'A.ni | he has restrained me | H4513 → |
| מֵהָרַ֖ע | me.ha.Ra' | from doing harm to | H7489 → |
| אֹתָ֑ךְ | 'o.Takh | <obj.> you | H853 → |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | if | H3588 → |
| לוּלֵ֣י | lu.Lei | if not | H3884 → |
| מִהַ֗רְתְּ | mi.Hart | you had made haste | H4116 → |
| וַתָּבֹאת֙ | va.ta.vo.ti | and you had come | H935 → |
| לִקְרָאתִ֔י | lik.ra.Ti | to meet me | H7122 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | except | H518 → |
| נוֹתַ֧ר | no.Tar | he has been left | H3498 → |
| לְנָבָ֛ל | le.na.Val | to Nabal | H5037 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| א֥וֹר | 'or | [the] light of | H216 → |
| הַבֹּ֖קֶר | ha.Bo.ker | the morning | H1242 → |
| מַשְׁתִּ֥ין | mash.Tin | [one who] urinates | H8366 → |
| בְּקִֽיר׃ | be.Kir | on a wall | H7023 → |
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