1 Samuel 8:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”

1 Samuel 8:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:1912 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְמָאֲנ֣וּwayəmāʾănw

refuseconjH3985

utterly

הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

לִ/שְׁמֹ֖עַlišəmōʿa

call togetherpronH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl

bleatingpronH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

שְׁמוּאֵ֑לšəmwʾēl

SamuelnounH8050

Shemuel

וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לֹּ֔אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

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

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

מֶ֖לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

יִֽהְיֶ֥הyihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עָלֵֽי/נוּʿālēynw

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

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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