1 Samuel 25:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

Young's Literal Translation
a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

King James Bible
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Hebrew
They were
הָי֣וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a wall
חוֹמָה֙ (ḥō·w·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

around us,
עָלֵ֔ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

both
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

day
יוֹמָ֑ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

night,
לַ֖יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

time
יְמֵ֛י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

we were
הֱיוֹתֵ֥נוּ (hĕ·yō·w·ṯê·nū)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

herding
רֹעִ֥ים (rō·‘îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

our sheep
הַצֹּֽאן׃ (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

near them.
עִמָּ֖ם (‘im·mām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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