1 Samuel 7:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.”

1 Samuel 7:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 7:1713 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/תְשֻׁבָת֤/וֹwtəšubātwō

answerconjH8666

be expired · return

הָ/רָמָ֨תָ/ה֙hārāmātāh

RamahparticleH7414

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

שָׁ֣םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

בֵּית֔/וֹbēytwō

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

וְ/שָׁ֖םwəšām

in itconjH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

שָׁפָ֣טšāpāṭ

contendverbH8199

avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

וַ/יִּֽבֶןwayiben

buildconjH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

שָׁ֥םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

מִזְבֵּ֖חַmizəbēḥa

altarnounH4196

לַֽ/יהוָֽהlayhwāh

LORDpronH3068

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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