1 Samuel 23:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

Young's Literal Translation
And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, ‘Bring nigh the ephod.’

King James Bible
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

Hebrew
When David
דָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

learned
וַיֵּ֣דַע (way·yê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

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

was plotting
מַחֲרִ֣ישׁ (ma·ḥă·rîš)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

evil
הָרָעָ֑ה (hā·rā·‘āh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

against him,
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

he said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Abiathar
אֶבְיָתָ֣ר (’eḇ·yā·ṯār)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 54: Abiathar -- 'the great one is father', an Israelite priest

the priest,
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

“Bring
הַגִּ֖ישָׁה (hag·gî·šāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach

the ephod.”
הָאֵפֽוֹד׃ (hā·’ê·p̄ō·wḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 646: A girdle, the ephod, highpriest's shoulder-piece, an image

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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