1 Samuel 15:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַם֙ נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יִנָּחֵ֑ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אָדָ֛ם ה֖וּא לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃

Transliteration

And also wᵊḡam nēṣaḥ Yiśrāʾēl not yᵊšaqqēr and not yinnāḥēm for kî not ʾāḏām he to lᵊhinnāḥēm.

Grammar Details

• *wᵊḡam*: waw-conjunctive + adverb - and also
• *nēṣaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - Strength/Glory of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *yᵊšaqqēr*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will lie/deceive
• *yinnāḥēm*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will repent/change his mind
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾāḏām*: noun, masculine singular - man/human
• *lᵊhinnāḥēm*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to repent/change mind

Word Meanings

• *wᵊḡam*: and also/moreover
• *nēṣaḥ*: Strength/Glory/Eternal One/Victor
• *yᵊšaqqēr*: will lie/deceive/deal falsely
• *yinnāḥēm*: will repent/regret/change his mind
• *ʾāḏām*: man/human being/person
• *lᵊhinnāḥēm*: to repent/regret/change mind

Referenced Verses

• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
• 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
• 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Ps 29:11 : 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
• Ps 68:35 : 35 O God, thou art terrible{H8737)} out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth{H8802)} strength and power unto his people. Blessed{H8803)} be God.
• Ps 95:11 : 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
• Num 14:28-29 : 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,