God & Savior

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
1 Samuel 23:7
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֻּגַּ֣ד לְשָׁא֔וּל כִּי־בָ֥א דָוִ֖ד קְעִילָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל נִכַּ֨ר אֹת֤וֹ אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיָדִ֔י כִּ֚י נִסְגַּ֣ר לָב֔וֹא בְּעִ֖יר דְּלָתַ֥יִם וּבְרִֽיחַ׃

  1. וַיֻּגַּ֣דvai.yu.Gad“and it was told”
    Conjunction + Verb, hophal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָגַד · “to tell” · Strong's H5046
  2. לְשָׁא֔וּלle.sha.'Ul“to Saul”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name of a man · from שָׁאוּל · “Saul” · Strong's H7586G
  3. כִּי־ki-“that”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  4. בָ֥אva'“he had gone”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
  5. דָוִ֖דda.Vid“David”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from דָּוִד · “David” · Strong's H1732
  6. קְעִילָ֑הke.'i.Lah“Keilah”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from קְעִילָה · “Keilah” · Strong's H7084
  7. וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  8. שָׁא֗וּלsha.'Ul“Saul”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from שָׁאוּל · “Saul” · Strong's H7586G
  9. נִכַּ֨רni.Kar“he has alienated”
    Verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָכַר · “to alienate” · Strong's H5234B
  10. אֹת֤וֹ'o.To“<obj.> him”
    Particle, direct object marker + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  11. אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.Him“God”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from אֱלֹהִים · “God” · Strong's H0430G
  12. בְּיָדִ֔יbe.ya.Di“in hand my”
    Preposition + Noun, both genders, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from יָד · “power” · Strong's H3027H
  13. כִּ֚יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  14. נִסְגַּ֣רnis.Gar“he has shut himself up”
    Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from סָגַר · “to shut” · Strong's H5462
  15. לָב֔וֹאla.Vo'“by going”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
  16. בְּעִ֖ירbe.'Ir“in a city of”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  17. דְּלָתַ֥יִםde.la.Ta.yim“doors”
    Noun, feminine, dual, absolute · from דֶּ֫לֶת · “door” · Strong's H1817C
  18. וּבְרִֽיחַ׃u.ve.Ri.ach“and bar[s]”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from בְּרִיחַ · “bar” · Strong's H1280
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)