1 Samuel 21:13
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טַעַם
ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
הָלַל
hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
תָּוָה
tâvâh
to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint
דֶּלֶת
deleth
something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּוָה tâvâh
to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint
Study H8427 →טַעַם ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Study H2940 →הָלַל hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Study H1984 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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