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1 Samuel

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Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?"

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Then David perhaps "beloved one," a son of Jesse Noun H1732 דָּוִ֔ד da·vid,
Analysis:
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fled to go through, flee Verb H1272 וַיִּבְרַ֣ח vai·yiv·rach
from Naioth an abode of prophets Noun H5121 (מִנָּיֹ֖ות min·na·yo·vt
in Ramah, "height," the name of several places in Isr. Noun H7414 בָּרָמָ֑ה ba·ra·mah;
Analysis:
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and came to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 וַיָּבֹ֞א vai·ya·vo
and said to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai·yo·mer
to Jonathan, "the LORD has given," the name of a number of Isr. Noun H3083 יְהֹונָתָ֗ן ye·ho·v·na·tan
"What what? how? anything Pronoun H4100 מֶ֤ה meh
have I done? do, make Verb H6213 עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ a·si·ti
What what? how? anything Pronoun H4100 מֶֽה־ meh-
is my iniquity? iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity Noun H5771 עֲוֹנִ֤י a·vo·ni
And what what? how? anything Pronoun H4100 וּמֶֽה־ u·meh-
is my sin sin, sin offering Noun H2403 חַטָּאתִי֙ chat·ta·ti
before face, faces Noun H6440 לִפְנֵ֣י lif·nei
your father, father Noun H1 אָבִ֔יךָ a·vi·cha,
that he is seeking to seek Verb H1245 מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me·vak·kesh
my life?" a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Noun H5315 נַפְשִֽׁי׃ naf·shi.

Locations

Ramah

RAMAHra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only in Nehemiah 11:33 Jeremiah 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum, "to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to have stood on elevated sites.(1) Codex Vaticanus Arael; Codex Alexandrinus Rhama: A fenced city in the lot assigned to Naphtali (Joshua 19:36). Only in this passage is... View Details

People

David

David [N] [B] [H] [S] beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of  2 Samuel 17:25 . As to his personal appearance, we only know that he was red-haired, with beautiful eyes and a fair face ( 1 Samuel 16:12 ;  17:42 ).  His early... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?"
King James Bible Then And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to before Jonathan, "What What have I done? What what is my mine iniquity? And and what is my sin before your thy father, that he is seeking seeketh my life?"life?
Hebrew Greek English Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?"