Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 8:16 Interlinear

“ your menservants and your maidservants young men and your goodliest and your asses And he will take and put them to his work”

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1 Samuel 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְאֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
2	עַבְדֵיכֶם֩	H5650	your menservants	a servant
3	וְֽאֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם	H8198	and your maidservants	a female slave (as a member of the household)
5	וְאֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6	בַּחֽוּרֵיכֶ֧ם	H970	young men	properly, selected, i.e., a youth (often collective)
7	הַטּוֹבִ֛ים	H2896	and your goodliest	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
8	וְאֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9	חֲמֽוֹרֵיכֶ֖ם	H2543	and your asses	a male ass (from its dun red)
10	יִקָּ֑ח	H3947	And he will take	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
11	וְעָשָׂ֖ה	H6213	and put	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
12	לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃	H4399	them to his work	properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

1 Samuel 8:16 (current) your menservants and your maidservants young men and your goodliest and your asses And he will take and put them to his work