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2,685 verses for Imperative
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Imperative — A direct command (“write!”).
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- 1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 21:3 תְּנָ֣/ה Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 קָ֔ח תְּנֶ֥/נָּה The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
- 1 Samuel 22:5 לֵ֥ךְ The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the stronghold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
- 1 Samuel 22:7 שִׁמְעוּ Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 22:12 שְֽׁמַֽע Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He answered, Here I am, my lord.
- 1 Samuel 22:17 וְ/הָמִ֣יתוּ סֹ֥בּוּ The king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me. But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 22:18 וּ/פְגַ֖ע סֹ֣ב The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 22:23 שְׁבָ֤/ה Abide you with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life: for with me you shall be in safeguard.
- 1 Samuel 23:2 לֵ֚ךְ Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:4 ק֚וּם רֵ֣ד Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:9 הַגִּ֖ישָׁ/ה David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 הַגֶּד Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
- 1 Samuel 23:20 רֵ֑ד Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:22 וּ/דְע֤וּ וּ/רְאוּ֙ הָכִ֣ינוּ לְכוּ Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
- 1 Samuel 23:23 וּ/רְא֣וּ וּ/דְע֗וּ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 23:27 וְ/לֵ֔כָ/ה מַהֲרָ֣/ה But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.
- 1 Samuel 24:11 וּ/רְאֵה֙ רְאֵ֔ה רְאֵ֛ה דַּ֤ע Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it.
- 1 Samuel 24:21 הִשָּׁ֤בְעָ/ה Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.
- 1 Samuel 25:5 עֲל֤וּ David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- 1 Samuel 25:8 שְׁאַ֨ל תְּנָ/ה Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.
- 1 Samuel 25:13 חִגְר֣וּ David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 25:17 וּ/רְאִי֙ דְּעִ֤י Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.
- 1 Samuel 25:19 עִבְר֣וּ She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:24 וּ/שְׁמַ֕ע She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
- 1 Samuel 25:28 שָׂ֥א Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
- 1 Samuel 25:35 עֲלִ֤י רְאִי֙ So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.
- 1 Samuel 26:11 קַח Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
- 1 Samuel 26:16 רְאֵ֗ה This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.
- 1 Samuel 26:19 לֵ֥ךְ עֲבֹ֖ד Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 שׁ֣וּב Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
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