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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
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חַטַּאתḥaṭaʾt
punishmentnounH2403
purifying · sin(-ner · offering)
קֶ֨סֶם֙qesem
divinationnounH7081
divine sentence · witchcraft
מֶ֔רִיmeriy
bitternounH4805
rebel(-lion · -lious)
וְ/אָ֥וֶןwəʾāwen
afflictionconjH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וּ/תְרָפִ֖יםwtərāpiym
idolsconjH8655
images · teraphim
הַפְצַ֑רhapəṣar
pressverbH6484
urge · stubbornness
יַ֗עַןyaʿan
becauseconjH3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
מָאַ֨סְתָּ֙māʾasətā
abhorverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דְּבַ֣רdəbar
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יִּמְאָסְ/ךָ֖wayiməʾāsəkā
abhorconjH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
מִ/מֶּֽלֶךְmimelekə
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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