Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 8138 [e] וַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹ way-šan-nōw So he changed 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - 2940 [e] טַעְמוֹ֙ ṭa‘-mōw his behavior 5869 [e] בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם bə-‘ê-nê-hem, before them 1984 [e] וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖ל way-yiṯ-hō-lêl and feigned madness 3027 [e] בְּיָדָ֑ם bə-yā-ḏām; in their hands   [ויתו] [way-ṯaw -     ḵ]   8427 [e] (וַיְתָיו֙) (way-ṯāw scratched Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3ms   q)   5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- on 1817 [e] דַּלְת֣וֹת dal-ṯō-wṯ the doors DirObjM 8179 [e] הַשַּׁ֔עַר haš-ša-‘ar, of the gate N-msc | 3ms 3381 [e] וַיּ֥וֹרֶד way-yō-w-reḏ and let fall down Prep-b | N-cdc | 3mp 7388 [e] רִיר֖וֹ rî-rōw his saliva Conj-w | V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- on Prep-b | N-fsc | 3mp 2206 [e] זְקָנֽוֹ׃ zə-qā-nōw. his beard Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms

New American Standard Bible
Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?

King James Bible
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Look! You can see the man is crazy," Achish said to his servants. "Why did you bring him to me?

is mad. or, playeth the madman

Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart.

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