“And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.”
1 Samuel 17:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:822 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹ֗דwayaʿămōd
and he stoodconjH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
וַ/יִּקְרָא֙wayiqərāʾ
and he called outconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מַעַרְכֹ֣תmaʿarəkōt
the battle lines ofnounH4634
fight · be set in order · ordered place · rank ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem
pron
לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תֵצְא֖וּtēṣəʾw
do you come outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לַ/עֲרֹ֣ךְlaʿărōkə
to deploypronH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
מִלְחָמָ֑הmiləḥāmāh
battlenounH4421
fight · war
הֲ/ל֧וֹאhălwōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָנֹכִ֣יʾānōkiy
am IprepH595
me · which
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗יhapəlišətiy
the PhilistineparticleH6430
וְ/אַתֶּם֙wəʾatem
and are you?conjH859
thou · ye · you
עֲבָדִ֣יםʿăbādiym
servantsnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לְ/שָׁא֔וּלləšāʾwl
of SaulpronH7586
Shaul
בְּרוּbərw
commissionverbH1262
eat · manifest · meat
לָ/כֶ֥םlākem
pron
אִ֖ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/יֵרֵ֥דwəyērēd
so he may come downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֵלָֽ/יʾēlāy
to mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
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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