1 Samuel 20:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean surely he is unclean.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, ‘It [is] an accident; he is not clean—surely not clean.’

King James Bible
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean.

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

said
דִבֶּ֥ר (ḏib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

nothing
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

that
הַה֑וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

because
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he thought,
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Something has happened to
מִקְרֶ֣ה (miq·reh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4745: Something met with, an accident, fortune

[David]
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

to make him ceremonially unclean—
בִּלְתִּ֥י (bil·tî)
Preposition
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

surely
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he [is]
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

unclean.”
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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