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1 Samuel 8:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.


1 Samuel 8:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:720 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
שְׁמַע֙šəmaʿ
listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl
to the voice ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/כֹ֥לləkōl
to allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יֹאמְר֖וּyōʾmərw
they will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלֶ֑י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֹֽתְ/ךָ֙ʾōtəkā
youparticleH853
מָאָ֔סוּmāʾāsw
they have rejectedverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֹתִ֥/יʾōtiy
meparticleH853
מָאֲס֖וּmāʾăsw
they have rejectedverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
מִ/מְּלֹ֥ךְmiməlōkə
from reigningpronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
עֲלֵי/הֶֽםʿălēyhem
over thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
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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