1 Samuel 16:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.”

1 Samuel 16:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 16:813 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּקְרָ֤אwayiqərāʾ

bewrayconjH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

יִשַׁי֙yišay

JessenounH3448

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔בʾăbiynādāb

AbinadabnounH41

וַ/יַּעֲבִרֵ֖/הוּwayaʿăbirēhw

alienateconjH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

שְׁמוּאֵ֑לšəmwʾēl

SamuelnounH8050

Shemuel

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

גַּםgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

בָּ/זֶ֖הbāzeh

hepronH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

בָחַ֥רbāḥar

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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