1 Samuel 27:5
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
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ASV
And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
KJV
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| דָּוִ֜ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אָכִ֗ישׁ | 'a.Khish | Achish | H397 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| נָא֩ | na' | please | H4994 → |
| מָצָ֨אתִי | ma.Tza.ti | I have found | H4672 → |
| חֵ֤ן | chen | favor | H2580 → |
| בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ | be.'ei.Nei.kha | in view your | H5869 → |
| יִתְּנוּ־ | yi.te.nu- | let people give | H5414 → |
| לִ֣י | li | to <the> me | |
| מָק֗וֹם | ma.Kom | a place | H4725 → |
| בְּאַחַ֛ת | be.'a.Chat | in one of | H259 → |
| עָרֵ֥י | 'a.Rei | [the] cities of | H5892 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה | ve.'E.she.vah | so I may dwell | H3427 → |
| שָּׁ֑ם | Sham | there | H8033 → |
| וְלָ֨מָּה | ve.La.mah | and <to> why? | H4100 → |
| יֵשֵׁ֧ב | ye.Shev | will he dwell | H3427 → |
| עַבְדְּךָ֛ | 'av.de.Kha | servant your | H5650 → |
| בְּעִ֥יר | be.'Ir | in [the] city of | H5892 → |
| הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה | ha.mam.la.Khah | <the> royalty | H4467 → |
| עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 'i.Makh | with you | H5973 → |
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