“And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.”
1 Samuel 16:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 16:217 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שְׁמוּאֵל֙šəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
אֵ֣יךְʾēykə
howparticleH349
what
אֵלֵ֔ךְʾēlēkə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/שָׁמַ֥עwəšāmaʿ
call togetherconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וַ/הֲרָגָ֑/נִיwahărāgāniy
destroyconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עֶגְלַ֤תʿegəlat
calfnounH5697
cow · heifer
בָּקָר֙bāqār
beevenounH1241
bull · calf · cow · great ···
תִּקַּ֣חtiqaḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
בְּ/יָדֶ֔/ךָbəyādekā
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/אָ֣מַרְתָּ֔wəʾāmarətā
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לִ/זְבֹּ֥חַlizəbōḥa
killpronH2076
offer · sacrifice · slay
לַֽ/יהוָ֖הlayhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
בָּֽאתִיbāʾtiy
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
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.