Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 8:12 Interlinear

And he will appoint and captains over thousands and captains over fifties and will set them to ear his ground and to reap his harvest and to make and instruments of war and instruments of his chariots

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְלָשׂ֣וּםH7760And he will appointto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
2ל֔וֹH0
3וְשָׂרֵ֣יH8269and captainsa head person (of any rank or class)
4אֲלָפִ֖יםH505over thousandshence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
5וְשָׂרֵ֣יH8269and captainsa head person (of any rank or class)
6חֲמִשִּׁ֑יםH2572over fiftiesfifty
7וְלַֽחֲרֹ֤שׁH2790and will set them to earto scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
8חֲרִישׁוֹ֙H2758his groundploughing or its season
9וְלִקְצֹ֣רH7114and to reapto dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
10קְצִיר֔וֹH7105his harvestsevered, a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
11וְלַֽעֲשׂ֥וֹתH6213and to maketo do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
12וּכְלֵ֥יH3627and instrumentssomething prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
13מִלְחַמְתּ֖וֹH4421of wara battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
14וּכְלֵ֥יH3627and instrumentssomething prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
15רִכְבּֽוֹ׃H7393of his chariotsa vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone

Verse Context

1 Samuel 8:11And he said This will be the manner of the king ...
1 Samuel 8:12 (current)And he will appoint and captains over thousands and captains over fifties and will set them to ear his ground and to reap his harvest and to make and instruments of war and instruments of his chariots
1 Samuel 8:13 your daughters And he will take to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers...

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