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1 Samuel 15:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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 15:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:1716 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
הֲ/ל֗וֹאhălwōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
קָטֹ֤ןqāṭōn
leastadjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
אַתָּה֙ʾatāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָbəʿēyneykā
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
רֹ֛אשׁrōʾš
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
שִׁבְטֵ֥יšibəṭēy
dartnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
אָ֑תָּהʾātāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
וַ/יִּמְשָׁחֲ/ךָ֧wayiməšāḥăkā
anointconjH4886
paint
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְləmelekə
kingpronH4428
royal
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
Words 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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