“And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?”
1 Samuel 15:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:1716 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
הֲ/ל֗וֹאhălwōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אִםʾim
thoughconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
קָטֹ֤ןqāṭōn
were smalladjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
אַתָּה֙ʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָbəʿēyneykā
in own eyes yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
רֹ֛אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
שִׁבְטֵ֥יšibəṭēy
the tribes ofnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
אָ֑תָּהʾātāh
are youprepH859
thou · ye · you
וַ/יִּמְשָׁחֲ/ךָ֧wayiməšāḥăkā
and he anointed youconjH4886
paint
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְləmelekə
to kingpronH4428
royal
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
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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