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

“And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.”

1 Samuel 8:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:19 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְהִ֕יwayəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

זָקֵ֖ןzāqēn

aged manverbH2204

be old

שְׁמוּאֵ֑לšəmwʾēl

SamuelnounH8050

Shemuel

וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂםwayāśem

appointconjH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בָּנָ֛י/וbānāyw

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

שֹׁפְטִ֖יםšōpəṭiym

contendverbH8199

avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···

לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽלləyiśərāʾēl

IsraelpronH3478

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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