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1 Samuel 18:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?


1 Samuel 18:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 18:818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּ֨חַרwayiḥar
be angryconjH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
לְ/שָׁא֜וּלləšāʾwl
SaulpronH7586
Shaul
מְאֹ֗דməʾōd
diligentlyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
וַ/יֵּ֤רַעwayēraʿ
afflictconjH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
בְּ/עֵינָי/ו֙bəʿēynāyw
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
הַ/דָּבָ֣רhadābār
wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָתְנ֤וּnātənw
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ/דָוִד֙lədāwid
DavidpronH1732
רְבָב֔וֹתrəbābwōt
manynounH7233
million · multiply · ten thousand
וְ/לִ֥/יwəliy
conj
נָתְנ֖וּnātənw
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
הָ/אֲלָפִ֑יםhāʾălāpiym
thousandparticleH505
וְ/ע֥וֹדwəʿwōd
againconjH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
אַ֥ךְʾakə
alsoparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
הַ/מְּלוּכָֽהhaməlwkāh
kingsomparticleH4410
king's · 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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