Hebrew Interlinear
1 Samuel 8:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Samuel 8:20, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ That we also may be like all the nations may judge and that our king us and go out before us and fight our battles”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְהָיִ֥ינוּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | גַם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 3 | אֲנַ֖חְנוּ | H587 | we | |
| 4 | כְּכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 5 | הַגּוֹיִ֑ם | H1471 | That we also may be like all the nations | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 6 | וּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּ | H8199 | may judge | to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal |
| 7 | מַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙ | H4428 | and that our king | a king |
| 8 | וְיָצָ֣א | H3318 | us and go out | to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim |
| 9 | לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ | H6440 | before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 10 | וְנִלְחַ֖ם | H3898 | us and fight | to feed on; figuratively, to consume |
| 11 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 12 | מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃ | H4421 | our battles | a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) |
Verse Context
1 Samuel 8:19refused Nevertheless the people to obey the voice of Samuel and they said...
1 Samuel 8:20 (current) That we also may be like all the nations may judge and that our king us and go out before us and fight our battles
1 Samuel 8:21heard And Samuel all the words of the people...