1 Samuel 26:8

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Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

In other translations

Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲבִישַׁי'avishaiAbishaiH52אֶל־'el-toH413דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732סִגַּרsigarhe has delivered upH5462אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430הַיּוֹםhaiyomthis dayH3117אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אוֹיִבְךָ'oyivkhaenemy yourH341בְּיָדֶךָbeyadekhain hand yourH3027וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258אַכֶּנּוּ'akkenulet me strike himH5221נָאna'pleaseH4994בַּחֲנִיתbachanitwith the spearH2595וּבָאָרֶץuva'aretzand in the groundH776פַּעַםpa'ama timeH6471אַחַת'achatoneH259וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808אֶשְׁנֶה'eshnehI will repeatH8138לוֹ׃loto <the> him

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

People: Abishai, David

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