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Of your grainוְזַרְעֵיכֶםand your vineyardsוְכַרְמֵיכֶםhe will take a tenthיַעְשֹׂרand give itוְנָתַןto his officialsלְסָרִיסָיוand to his servants.וְלַעֲבָדָיו
1 Samuel 8:15
Study it in the app“Of your grain and your vineyards he will take a tenth and give it to his officials and to his servants.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:15, word by word
- Of your grainזַרְעֵיzare
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zare” appears- and your vineyardsכַרְמֵיcharme
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “charme” appears- he will take a tenthיַעְשֹׂרyasor
tithe
Give a tenth, tithe; also take a tenth.
Where else “yasor” appears- and give itנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- to his officialsסָרִיסָיsarisay
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisay” appears- and to his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears
The context
14Your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves, the best ones, he will take and give to his servants.
15 · This verse (above)
16Your male slaves and your female slaves and your best young men and your donkeys he will take and put them to his work.