1 Samuel 12:2

“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.”

1 Samuel 12:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.”

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