Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 8:11 Interlinear

And he said This will be the manner of the king that shall reign your sons over you He will take and appoint his chariots and to be his horsemen and some shall run before his chariots

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559And he saidto say (used with great latitude)
2זֶ֗הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
3יִֽהְיֶה֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4מִשְׁפַּ֣טH4941This will be the mannerproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
5הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428of the kinga king
6אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
7יִמְלֹ֖ךְH4427that shall reignto reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel
8עֲלֵיכֶ֑םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10בְּנֵיכֶ֣םH1121your sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
11יִקָּ֗חH3947over you He will taketo take (in the widest variety of applications)
12וְשָׂ֥םH7760and appointto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
13לוֹ֙H0
14מֶרְכַּבְתּֽוֹ׃H4818his chariotsa chariot
15וּבְפָֽרָשָׁ֔יוH6571and to be his horsemena steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e., (collectively) cavalry
16וְרָצ֖וּH7323and some shall runto run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
17לִפְנֵ֥יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
18מֶרְכַּבְתּֽוֹ׃H4818his chariotsa chariot

Verse Context

1 Samuel 8:10told And Samuel all the words of the LORD...
1 Samuel 8:11 (current)And he said This will be the manner of the king that shall reign your sons over you He will take and appoint his chariots and to be his horsemen and some shall run before his chariots
1 Samuel 8:12And he will appoint and captains over thousands and captains over fifties...

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