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1 Samuel 8:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.


1 Samuel 8:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:1118 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
זֶ֗הzeh
heprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יִֽהְיֶה֙yihəyeh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מִשְׁפַּ֣טmišəpaṭ
ceremonynounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִמְלֹ֖ךְyiməlōkə
consultverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
עֲלֵי/כֶ֑םʿălēykem
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנֵי/כֶ֣םbənēykem
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִקָּ֗חyiqāḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
וְ/שָׂ֥םwəśām
appointconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
בְּ/מֶרְכַּבְתּ֣/וֹbəmerəkabətwō
chariot. See alsopronH4818
וּ/בְ/פָרָשָׁ֔י/וwbəpārāšāyw
horsemanconjH6571
וְ/רָצ֖וּwərāṣw
break downconjH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
מֶרְכַּבְתּֽ/וֹmerəkabətwō
chariot. See alsonounH4818
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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