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1 Samuel 8:20 — King James Version← Study notes

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.


1 Samuel 8:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:2012 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָיִ֥ינוּwəhāyiynw
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
גַםgam
againadvH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנַ֖חְנוּʾănaḥənw
ourselvesprepH587
us · we
כְּ/כָלkəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/גּוֹיִ֑םhagwōyim
GentileparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
וּ/שְׁפָטָ֤/נוּwšəpāṭānw
contendconjH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
מַלְכֵּ֨/נוּ֙maləkēnw
kingnounH4428
royal
וְ/יָצָ֣אwəyāṣāʾ
appearconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לְ/פָנֵ֔י/נוּləpānēynw
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וְ/נִלְחַ֖םwəniləḥam
devourconjH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽ/נוּmiləḥămōtēnw
battlenounH4421
fight · war
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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