1 Samuel 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.”

1 Samuel 3:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 3:116 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הַ/נַּ֧עַרwəhanaʿar

babeconjH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

שְׁמוּאֵ֛לšəmwʾēl

SamuelnounH8050

Shemuel

מְשָׁרֵ֥תməšārēt

ministerverbH8334

serve(-ant · -ice · -itor) · wait on

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

עֵלִ֑יʿēliy

ElinounH5941

וּ/דְבַרwdəbar

wordconjH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

הָיָ֤הhāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

יָקָר֙yāqār

brightnessadjH3368

clear · costly · excellent · fat ···

בַּ/יָּמִ֣יםbayāmiym

daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הָ/הֵ֔םhāhēm

itparticleH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

אֵ֥יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

חָז֖וֹןḥāzwōn

visionnounH2377

נִפְרָֽץnipərāṣ

breachverbH6555

abroad · break (away · down · -er ···

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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