1 Samuel 12:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.”

1 Samuel 12:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 12:2113 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/לֹ֖אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תָּס֑וּרוּtāswrw

beverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

הַ/תֹּ֗הוּhatōhw

confusionparticleH8414

empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···

אֲשֶׁ֧רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יוֹעִ֛ילוּywōʿiylw

set forwardverbH3276

at all · can do good · (be · have) profit

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַצִּ֖ילוּyaṣiylw

defendverbH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תֹ֥הוּtōhw

confusionnounH8414

empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···

הֵֽמָּהhēmāh

itprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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