Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 25:34
“For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H199 · Hebrew
- Definition
- however or on the contrary
- Derivation
- apparently a variation of H194 (אוּלַי);
- KJV renderings
- as for, but, howbeit, in very deed, surely, truly, wherefore.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אוּלָ֗ם — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 28:19Genesis 48:19Exodus 9:16Numbers 14:21Judges 18:29
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אוּלָם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.