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2 Samuel 1:8

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לִ֖יlitoלִ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toמִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.אָ֑תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.ויאמרvymrand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…וָאֹמַ֣רvaomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֵלָ֔יוelayvamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).עֲמָלֵקִ֖יamaleqiAmalekiteעֲמָלֵקִיnoun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “Amalekite”, the ordinary formH6003an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of AmalekAmalekite(-s).אָנֹֽכִיanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he saith to me, Who [art] thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I [am].'

World English Bible

He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

Darby Translation

And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.

Douay-Rheims

And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amalekite.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπέ μοι, τίς εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπα, Ἀμαληκίτης ἐγώ εἰμι.