1 Samuel 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.”

1 Samuel 8:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:614 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֵּ֤רַעwayēraʿ

afflictconjH7489

associate selves (by mistake for

הַ/דָּבָר֙hadābār

wordparticleH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

בְּ/עֵינֵ֣יbəʿēynēy

eyepronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

שְׁמוּאֵ֔לšəmwʾēl

SamuelnounH8050

Shemuel

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אָמְר֔וּʾāmərw

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

תְּנָ/הtənāh

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לָּ֥/נוּlānw

pron

מֶ֖לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

לְ/שָׁפְטֵ֑/נוּləšāpəṭēnw

contendpronH8199

avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···

וַ/יִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לwayitəpalēl

intreatconjH6419

judge · pray(-er · -ing) · make supplication

שְׁמוּאֵ֖לšəmwʾēl

SamuelnounH8050

Shemuel

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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