1 Samuel 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.”

1 Samuel 8:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 8:915 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/עַתָּ֖הwəʿatāh

henceforthconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

בְּ/קוֹלָ֑/םbəqwōlām

bleatingpronH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

אַ֗ךְʾakə

alsoparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

הָעֵ֤דhāʿēd

admonishverbH5749

charge · earnestly · lift up · protest ···

תָּעִיד֙tāʿiyd

admonishverbH5749

charge · earnestly · lift up · protest ···

בָּ/הֶ֔םbāhem

pron

וְ/הִגַּדְתָּ֣wəhigadətā

bewrayconjH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem

pron

מִשְׁפַּ֣טmišəpaṭ

ceremonynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יִמְלֹ֖ךְyiməlōkə

consultverbH4427

indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···

עֲלֵי/הֶֽםʿălēyhem

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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