Verse 15

{ "verseID": "1 Samuel.23.15", "source": "וַיַּ֣רְא דָוִ֔ד כִּֽי־יָצָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְדָוִ֥ד בְּמִדְבַּר־זִ֖יף בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה", "text": "And *wayyarʾ* *Dāwid* *kî*-*yāṣāʾ* *Šāʾûl* *lᵊbaqqēš* *ʾet*-his *napšô*; and *Dāwid* in *midbar*-*Zîp* in the *ḥōrᵊšāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyarʾ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*kî*": "conjunction - that", "*yāṣāʾ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - had come out", "*Šāʾûl*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Saul", "*lᵊbaqqēš*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to seek", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*napšô*": "noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his life/soul", "*midbar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness of", "*Zîp*": "proper noun, place name", "*baḥōrᵊšāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the thicket/wood" }, "variants": { "*wayyarʾ*": "and he saw/and he perceived/and he realized", "*yāṣāʾ*": "had come out/had gone forth/had set out", "*lᵊbaqqēš*": "to seek/to hunt/to try to take", "*napšô*": "his life/his soul/his person", "*ḥōrᵊšāh*": "thicket/wood/forest" } }

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