1 Samuel 25:29
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

Young's Literal Translation
And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

King James Bible
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of a sling.

Hebrew
And should someone
אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

pursue you
לִרְדָפְךָ֔ (lir·ḏā·p̄ə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

and seek
וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (ū·lə·ḇaq·qêš)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

your life,
נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ (nap̄·še·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

then the life
נֶ֨פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

of my lord
אֲדֹנִ֜י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

will be
וְֽהָיְתָה֩ (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

bound securely
צְרוּרָ֣ה ׀ (ṣə·rū·rāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped

in the bundle
בִּצְר֣וֹר (biṣ·rō·wr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6872: A parcel, a kernel, particle

of the living
הַחַיִּ֗ים (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

with
אֵ֚ת (’êṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God.
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

But
וְאֵ֨ת (wə·’êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

He shall fling away
יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה (yə·qal·lə·‘en·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7049: To sling, hurl forth

the lives
נֶ֤פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

of your enemies
אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ (’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

[like stones]
כַּ֥ף (kap̄)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

from a sling.
הַקָּֽלַע׃ (haq·qā·la‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7050: A sling, a, screen, the valve

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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