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1 Samuel 15:23 — King James Version← Study notes

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.


1 Samuel 15:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:2314 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חַטַּאתḥaṭaʾt
is the sin ofnounH2403
purifying · sin(-ner · offering)
קֶ֨סֶם֙qesem
divinationnounH7081
divine sentence · witchcraft
מֶ֔רִיmeriy
rebellionnounH4805
rebel(-lion · -lious)
וְ/אָ֥וֶןwəʾāwen
and is wickednessconjH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וּ/תְרָפִ֖יםwtərāpiym
and teraphimconjH8655
images · teraphim
הַפְצַ֑רhapəṣar
presumptionverbH6484
urge · stubbornness
יַ֗עַןyaʿan
becauseconjH3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
מָאַ֨סְתָּ֙māʾasətā
you have rejectedverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דְּבַ֣רdəbar
the word ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יִּמְאָסְ/ךָ֖wayiməʾāsəkā
and he has rejected youconjH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
מִ/מֶּֽלֶךְmimelekə
from kingpronH4428
royal
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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