“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
1 Samuel 15:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:2216 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֗לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
הַ/חֵ֤פֶץhaḥēpeṣ
¿ does delightparticleH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
לַֽ/יהוָה֙layhwāh
belong to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/עֹל֣וֹתbəʿōlwōt
in burnt offeringspronH5930
burnt offering · go up to. See also
וּ/זְבָחִ֔יםwzəbāḥiym
and sacrificesconjH2077
sacrifice
כִּ/שְׁמֹ֖עַkišəmōʿa
like listeningpronH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl
to the voice ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הִנֵּ֤הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
שְׁמֹ֨עַ֙šəmōʿa
to obeyverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
מִ/זֶּ֣בַחmizebaḥ
more than sacrificepronH2077
sacrifice
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לְ/הַקְשִׁ֖יבləhaqəšiyb
to pay attentionpronH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
מֵ/חֵ֥לֶבmēḥēleb
more than the fat ofpronH2459
best · finest · grease · marrow
אֵילִֽיםʾēyliym
ramsnounH352
lintel · oak · post · ram ···
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.