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1 Samuel 16:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.


1 Samuel 16:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 16:129 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֗לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מָתַי֙mātay
longparticleH4970
when
אַתָּה֙ʾatāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
מִתְאַבֵּ֣לmitəʾabēl
lamentverbH56
mourn
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׁא֔וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וַ/אֲנִ֣יwaʾăniy
IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
מְאַסְתִּ֔י/וməʾasətiyw
abhorverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
מִ/מְּלֹ֖ךְmiməlōkə
consultpronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
מַלֵּ֨אmalēʾ
accomplishverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
קַרְנְ/ךָ֜qarənəkā
hornnounH7161
hill
שֶׁ֗מֶןšemen
anointingnounH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
וְ/לֵ֤ךְwəlēkə
awayconjH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אֶֽשְׁלָחֲ/ךָ֙ʾešəlāḥăkā
appointverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשַׁ֣יyišay
JessenounH3448
בֵּֽיתbēyt
BethlehemitenounH1022
הַלַּחְמִ֔יhalaḥəmiy
BethlehemitenounH1022
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רָאִ֧יתִיrāʾiytiy
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְּ/בָנָ֛י/וbəbānāyw
sonpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
לִ֖/יliy
pron
מֶֽלֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
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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