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1 Samuel 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.


1 Samuel 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 2:819 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵקִ֨יםmēqiym
abideverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
מֵ/עָפָ֜רmēʿāpār
ashespronH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
דָּ֗לdāl
leanadjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
מֵֽ/אַשְׁפֹּת֙mēʾašəpōt
dungpronH830
יָרִ֣יםyāriym
bring upverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
אֶבְי֔וֹןʾebəywōn
beggaradjH34
needy · poor
לְ/הוֹשִׁיב֙ləhwōšiyb
abidepronH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
נְדִיבִ֔יםnədiybiym
freeadjH5081
liberal · noble · prince · willing
וְ/כִסֵּ֥אwəkisēʾ
seatconjH3678
stool · throne
כָב֖וֹדkābwōd
gloriousnounH3519
glory · honour
יַנְחִלֵ֑/םyanəḥilēm
divideverbH5157
have · take as a heritage · (cause to · give to ···
כִּ֤יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לַֽ/יהוָה֙layhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
מְצֻ֣קֵיməṣuqēy
pillarnounH4690
situate
אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁתwayāšet
applyconjH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
עֲלֵי/הֶ֖םʿălēyhem
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
תֵּבֵֽלtēbēl
habitable partnounH8398
world
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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