1 Samuel 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 2:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 2:1714 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תְּהִ֨יwatəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

חַטַּ֧אתḥaṭaʾt

punishmentnounH2403

purifying · sin(-ner · offering)

הַ/נְּעָרִ֛יםhanəʿāriym

babeparticleH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

גְּדוֹלָ֥הgədwōlāh

elderadjH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

מְאֹ֖דməʾōd

diligentlyadvH3966

especially · exceeding · far · fast ···

אֶתʾet

againstpronH854

among · before · by · for ···

פְּנֵ֣יpənēy

a- forenounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

נִֽאֲצוּ֙niʾăṣw

abhorverbH5006

blaspheme · contemn · despise · flourish ···

הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֔יםhāʾănāšiym

manparticleH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֵ֖תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מִנְחַ֥תminəḥat

giftnounH4503

oblation · offering · present · sacrifice

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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