1 Samuel 27:8

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And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

In other translations

And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

Hebrew words

וַיַּעַלvaiya'aland he went upH5927דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732וַאֲנָשָׁיוva'anashavand men hisH582וַיִּפְשְׁטוּvaiyifshetuand they made raidsH6584אֶל־'el-againstH413הַגְּשׁוּרִיhageshurithe Geshurite[s]H1651וְהַגִּזְרִיvehagirziand the Gizrite[s]H1511וְהָעֲמָלֵקִיveha'amalkiand the Amalekite[s]H6003כִּיkiforH3588הֵנָּהhenahtheyH2007יֹשְׁבוֹתyoshevot[were] dwellingH3427הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834מֵעוֹלָםme'olam[is] from antiquityH5769בּוֹאֲךָbo'akhacoming youH935שׁוּרָהshurahShur towardsH7793וְעַד־ve'ad-and toH5704אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] land ofH776מִצְרָיִם׃mitzrayimEgyptH4714

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

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: David

Places: Egypt, Shur

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