Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 11:2 Interlinear

answered And Nahash the Ammonite them On this condition will I make a covenant with you that I may thrust out eyes all your right and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559answeredto say (used with great latitude)
2אֲלֵיהֶ֗םH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3נָחָשׁ֙H5176And Nahashnachash, the name of two persons apparently non-israelite
4הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔יH5984the Ammonitean ammonite or (the adjective) ammonitish
5בְּזֹאת֙H2063them On thisthis (often used adverb)
6אֶכְרֹ֣תH3772condition will I maketo cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
7לָכֶ֔םH0
8בִּנְק֥וֹרH5365a covenant with you that I may thrust outto bore (penetrate, quarry)
9לָכֶ֖םH0
10כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11עֵ֣יןH5869eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
12יָמִ֑יןH3225all your rightthe right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
13וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יהָH7760and layto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
14חֶרְפָּ֖הH2781it for a reproachcontumely, disgrace, the pudenda
15עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
16כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
17יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478upon all Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Verse Context

1 Samuel 11:1came up Then Nahash the Ammonite and encamped against Jabeshgilead...
1 Samuel 11:2 (current)answered And Nahash the Ammonite them On this condition will I make a covenant with you that I may thrust out eyes all your right and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel
1 Samuel 11:3said And the elders of Jabesh respite ...

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