Hebrew Interlinear
1 Samuel 8:5 Interlinear
“And said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not in thy ways now make us a king to judge us like all the nations”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּֽאמְר֣וּ | H559 | And said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | אֵלָ֗יו | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 3 | הִנֵּה֙ | H2009 | lo! | |
| 4 | אַתָּ֣ה | H859 | thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | |
| 5 | זָקַ֔נְתָּ | H2204 | unto him Behold thou art old | to be old |
| 6 | וּבָנֶ֕יךָ | H1121 | and thy 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 |
| 7 | לֹ֥א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 8 | הָֽלְכ֖וּ | H1980 | walk | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 9 | בִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָ | H1870 | not in thy ways | a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb |
| 10 | עַתָּ֗ה | H6258 | at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive | |
| 11 | שִֽׂימָה | H7760 | now make | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 12 | לָּ֥נוּ | H0 | ||
| 13 | מֶ֛לֶךְ | H4428 | us a king | a king |
| 14 | לְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּ | H8199 | to judge | to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal |
| 15 | כְּכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 16 | הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ | H1471 | us like all the nations | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
Verse Context
1 Samuel 8:4gathered themselves together Then all the elders of Israel and came ...
1 Samuel 8:5 (current)And said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not in thy ways now make us a king to judge us like all the nations
1 Samuel 8:6displeased But the thing Samuel when they said...