And now,וְעַתָּהlook,הִנֵּהthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְwalksמִתְהַלֵּךְbefore you,לִפְנֵיכֶםand Iוַאֲנִיam oldזָקַנְתִּיand gray,וָשַׂבְתִּיand my sons,וּבָנַיlook, theyהִנָּםare with you.אִתְּכֶםAnd Iוַאֲנִיhave walkedהִתְהַלַּכְתִּיbefore youלִפְנֵיכֶםfrom my youthמִנְּעֻרַיuntilעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
1 Samuel 12:2
Study it in the app“And now, look, the king walks before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons, look, they are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth until this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:2, word by word
- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- walksמִתְהַלֵּךְmithalech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “mithalech” appears- before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- am oldזָקַנְתִּיzakanti
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zakanti” appears- and grayשַׂבְתִּיsavti
be gray-haired
To have gray hair, to grow old.
Where else “savti” appears- and my sonsבָנַvana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vana” appears- from my youthנְּעֻרַneura
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neura” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
1Samuel said to all Israel, “Look, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and I have made a king over you.
2 · This verse (above)
3Here I am; answer against me before YHWH and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited, whom have I crushed, or from the hand of whom have I taken compensation to cover my eyes with it? And I will return it to you.”