◄ 1 Samuel 20:26 ►
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean — surely he is unclean.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, ‘It [is] an accident; he is not clean—surely not clean.’

King James Bible
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean.

Hebrew
Saul
שָׁא֛וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

said
דִבֶּ֥ר (ḏib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

nothing
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

that
הַה֑וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

because
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he thought,
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Something has happened to
מִקְרֶ֣ה (miq·reh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4745: Something met with, an accident, fortune

[David]
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

to make him ceremonially unclean—
בִּלְתִּ֥י (bil·tî)
Preposition
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

surely
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he [is]
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

unclean.”
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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