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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“You have notלֹאexploited us,עֲשַׁקְתָּנוּand you have notוְלֹאcrushed us,רַצּוֹתָנוּand you have notוְלֹאtakenלָקַחְתָּanythingמְאוּמָהfrom the handמִיַּדof anyone.”אִישׁ
1 Samuel 12:4
Study it in the app“They said, “You have not exploited us, and you have not crushed us, and you have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:4, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- exploited usעֲשַׁקְתָּashakta
oppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “ashakta” appears- crushed usרַצּוֹתָratsota
crush
To shatter, oppress: "the damaged reed".
Where else “ratsota” appears- takenלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- from the handיַּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of anyoneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5He said to them, “YHWH is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And he said, “Witness.”