“And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
1 Samuel 8:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:516 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָ֗י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הִנֵּה֙hinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
זָקַ֔נְתָּzāqanətā
you have become oldverbH2204
be old
וּ/בָנֶ֕י/ךָwbāneykā
and sons yourconjH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָלְכ֖וּhāləkw
they have walkedverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בִּ/דְרָכֶ֑י/ךָbidərākeykā
in ways yourpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
עַתָּ֗הʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
שִֽׂימָ/הśiymāh
appoint !verbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
לָּ֥/נוּlānw
pron
מֶ֛לֶךְmelekə
a kingnounH4428
royal
לְ/שָׁפְטֵ֖/נוּləšāpəṭēnw
to judge uspronH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
כְּ/כָלkəkāl
like allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/גּוֹיִֽםhagwōyim
the nationsparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
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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