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 8:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:1118 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

זֶ֗הzeh

thisprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

יִֽהְיֶה֙yihəyeh

it will beverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

מִשְׁפַּ֣טmišəpaṭ

the rights ofnounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

the kingparticleH4428

royal

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

whoparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יִמְלֹ֖ךְyiməlōkə

he will reignverbH4427

indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···

עֲלֵי/כֶ֑םʿălēykem

over youpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּנֵי/כֶ֣םbənēykem

sons yournounH1121

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

יִקָּ֗חyiqāḥ

he will takeverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

וְ/שָׂ֥םwəśām

and he will appoint themconjH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

ל/וֹ֙lwō

pron

בְּ/מֶרְכַּבְתּ֣/וֹbəmerəkabətwō

in chariots hispronH4818

וּ/בְ/פָרָשָׁ֔י/וwbəpārāšāyw

and among horsemen hisconjH6571

וְ/רָצ֖וּwərāṣw

and they will runconjH7323

divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···

לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy

beforepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

מֶרְכַּבְתּֽ/וֹmerəkabətwō

chariot hisnounH4818

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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