1 Samuel 8:11

“And he said, “This will be the right of the king who will reign over you: your sons he will take and appoint for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots;”

1 Samuel 8:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 8:11, word by word

And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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will beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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the rightמִשְׁפַּטmishpat

custom

The usual practice, the way to do something.

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of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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will reignיִמְלֹךְyimloch

reign

To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.

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your sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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he will takeיִקָּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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and appointשָׂםsam

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

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in his chariotsמֶרְכַּבְתּmerkavt

chariot

Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.

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and among his horsemenפָרָשָׁיfarashay

horseman

A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.

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and they will runרָצוּratsu

run

To move quickly on foot, at a run.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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The context

10So Samuel told all the words of YHWH to the people who were asking of him a king.

11 · This verse (above)

12and he will appoint for himself chiefs of thousands and chiefs of fifties, and some to plow his plowland and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and the equipment of his chariots.

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