“And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?”
1 Samuel 16:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 16:416 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂwayaʿaś
and he didconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֗לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
אֵ֚תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
that whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבֶּ֣רdiber
he saidverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יָּבֹ֖אwayābōʾ
and he cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
Beth-nounH1035
לָ֑חֶםlāḥem
-lehemnounH1035
וַ/יֶּחֶרְד֞וּwayeḥerədw
and they trembledconjH2729
be careful · discomfit · fray · quake ···
זִקְנֵ֤יziqənēy
the elders ofadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
הָ/עִיר֙hāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
לִ/קְרָאת֔/וֹliqərāʾtwō
to meet himpronH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶרwayōʾmer
and someone saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁלֹ֥םšālōm
in peacenounH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
בּוֹאֶֽ/ךָbwōʾekā
are coming? youverbH935
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.
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