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1 Samuel 8:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.


1 Samuel 8:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:1612 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
עַבְדֵי/כֶם֩ʿabədēykem
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
וְֽ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵי/כֶ֜םšipəḥwōtēykem
(bond-nounH8198
hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
בַּחוּרֵי/כֶ֧םbaḥwrēykem
youngnounH970
chosen · hole
הַ/טּוֹבִ֛יםhaṭwōbiym
beautifulparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
חֲמוֹרֵי/כֶ֖םḥămwōrēykem
assnounH2543
יִקָּ֑חyiqāḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
וְ/עָשָׂ֖הwəʿāśāh
accomplishconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לִ/מְלַאכְתּֽ/וֹliməlaʾkətwō
businesspronH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
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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