Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 8:1 Interlinear

“ was old And it came to pass when Samuel that he made his sons judges over Israel”

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1 Samuel 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֕י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
3	זָקֵ֖ן	H2204	was old	to be old
4	שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל	H8050	And it came to pass when Samuel	shemuel, the name of three israelites
5	וַיָּ֧שֶׂם	H7760	that he made	to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
6	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7	בָּנָ֛יו	H1121	his sons	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
8	שֹֽׁפְטִ֖ים	H8199	judges	to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
9	לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	H3478	over Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

1 Samuel 8:1 (current) was old And it came to pass when Samuel that he made his sons judges over Israel