“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
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֗לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
הַ/חֵ֤פֶץhaḥēpeṣ
acceptableparticleH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
לַֽ/יהוָה֙layhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/עֹל֣וֹתbəʿōlwōt
ascentpronH5930
burnt offering · go up to. See also
וּ/זְבָחִ֔יםwzəbāḥiym
offerconjH2077
sacrifice
כִּ/שְׁמֹ֖עַkišəmōʿa
call togetherpronH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl
bleatingpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הִנֵּ֤הhinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
שְׁמֹ֨עַ֙šəmōʿa
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
מִ/זֶּ֣בַחmizebaḥ
offerpronH2077
sacrifice
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לְ/הַקְשִׁ֖יבləhaqəšiyb
attendpronH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
מֵ/חֵ֥לֶבmēḥēleb
fatpronH2459
best · finest · grease · marrow
אֵילִֽיםʾēyliym
mightynounH352
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.