And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thisזֶהwill beיִהְיֶהthe rightמִשְׁפַּטof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְwhoאֲשֶׁרwill reignיִמְלֹךְover you:עֲלֵיכֶםyour sonsאֶת בְּנֵיכֶםhe will takeיִקָּחand appointוְשָׂםfor himselfלוֹin his chariotsבְּמֶרְכַּבְתּוֹand among his horsemen,וּבְפָרָשָׁיוand they will runוְרָצוּbeforeלִפְנֵיhis chariots;מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ
1 Samuel 8:11
Study it in the app“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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yomer” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- the rightמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
custom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- will reignיִמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears- your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- he will takeיִקָּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- and appointשָׂםsam
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sam” appears- in his chariotsמֶרְכַּבְתּmerkavt
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “merkavt” appears- and among his horsemenפָרָשָׁיfarashay
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “farashay” appears- and they will runרָצוּratsu
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ratsu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
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.