Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 17:8 Interlinear

And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel and said unto them Why are ye come out in array to set your battle am not I a Philistine and ye servants to Saul choose you a man for you and let him come down

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1וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗דH5975And he stoodto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
2וַיִּקְרָא֙H7121and criedto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4מַֽעַרְכֹ֣תH4634unto the armiesan arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
5יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
6וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
7לָהֶ֔םH0
8לָ֥מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
9תֵֽצְא֖וּH3318unto them Why are ye come outto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
10לַֽעֲרֹ֣ךְH6186in arrayto set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
11מִלְחָמָ֑הH4421to set your battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
12הֲל֧וֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
13אָֽנֹכִ֣יH595i
14הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗יH6430am not I a Philistinea pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
15וְאַתֶּם֙H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
16עֲבָדִ֣יםH5650and ye servantsa servant
17לְשָׁא֔וּלH7586to Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
18בְּרֽוּH1262chooseto select; to feed; to render clear
19לָכֶ֥םH0
20אִ֖ישׁH376you a mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
21וְיֵרֵ֥דH3381for you and let him come downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
22אֵלָֽי׃H413near, with or among; often in general, to

Verse Context

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1 Samuel 17:8 (current)And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel and said unto them Why are ye come out in array to set your battle am not I a Philistine and ye servants to Saul choose you a man for you and let him come down
1 Samuel 17:9 If he be able to fight against him and kill ...

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