Hebrew Interlinear
1 Samuel 8:1 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Samuel 8:1, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ was old And it came to pass when Samuel that he made his sons judges over Israel”
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 |
Verse Context
1 Samuel 8:1 (current) was old And it came to pass when Samuel that he made his sons judges over Israel
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