1 Samuel 21:1
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Berean Study Bible

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

Young's Literal Translation

And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, ‘Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?’

King James Bible

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?

Hebrew
Then David
דָוִד֙ (ḏā·wiḏ)
0
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

came
וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō)
0
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Nob,
נֹ֔בֶה (nō·ḇeh)
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Strong's 5011: Nob -- a priestly city, perhaps also a place North of Jerusalem

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

Ahimelech
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ (’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ)
0
Strong's 288: Ahimelech -- 'brother of a king', an Israelite name, also a Hittite name

the priest.
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן (hak·kō·hên)
0
Strong's 3548: Priest

And when Ahimelech
אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ (’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ)
0
Strong's 288: Ahimelech -- 'brother of a king', an Israelite name, also a Hittite name

met
לִקְרַ֣את (liq·raṯ)
0
Strong's 7122: To encounter, befall

David,
דָּוִ֗ד (dā·wiḏ)
0
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

he trembled
וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד (way·ye·ḥĕ·raḏ)
0
Strong's 2729: To shudder with terror, to fear, to hasten

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

him,
לוֹ֙ (lōw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Why [are]
מַדּ֤וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

you
אַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh)
Preposition
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

alone?
לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ (lə·ḇad·de·ḵā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

Why is
וְאִ֖ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

no one
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

with you?”
אִתָּֽךְ׃ (’it·tāḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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