1 Samuel 24:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַחֲרֵ֨י מִ֤י יָצָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֥י מִ֖י אַתָּ֣ה רֹדֵ֑ף אַֽחֲרֵי֙ כֶּ֣לֶב מֵ֔ת אַחֲרֵ֖י פַּרְעֹ֥שׁ אֶחָֽד׃

Transliteration

After whom yāṣāʾ melek Yiśrāʾēl after whom you rōdēp after keleb mēt after parʿōš ʾeḥād

Grammar Details

*yāṣāʾ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has gone out
*melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*rōdēp*: participle, masculine singular, Qal stem - pursuing
*keleb*: noun, masculine singular - dog
*mēt*: adjective, masculine singular - dead
*parʿōš*: noun, masculine singular - flea
*ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one/single

Word Meanings

*yāṣāʾ*: has gone out/come out/departed
*rōdēp*: pursuing/chasing/persecuting
*keleb*: dog (term of self-abasement)
*mēt*: dead/worthless/insignificant
*parʿōš*: flea/insect (term of self-abasement)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge{H8798)} me, O God, and plead{H8798)} my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver{H8762)} me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Ps 119:154 : 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
1 Sam 26:4 : 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
2 Chr 24:22 : 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

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17And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
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