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Your male slavesוְאֶת עַבְדֵיכֶםand your female slavesוְאֶת שִׁפְחוֹתֵיכֶםand your bestהַטּוֹבִיםyoung menוְאֶת בַּחוּרֵיכֶםand your donkeysוְאֶת חֲמוֹרֵיכֶםhe will takeיִקָּחand put them toוְעָשָׂהhis work.לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ
1 Samuel 8:16
Study it in the app“Your male slaves and your female slaves and your best young men and your donkeys he will take and put them to his work.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:16, word by word
- Your male slavesעַבְדֵיavde
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avde” appears- and your female slavesשִׁפְחוֹתֵיshifchote
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchote” appears- and your bestטּוֹבִיםtovim
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tovim” appears- young menבַּחוּרֵיbachure
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachure” appears- and your donkeysחֲמוֹרֵיchamore
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamore” appears- he will takeיִקָּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- and put them toעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- his workמְלַאכְתּmelacht
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacht” appears
The context
15Of your grain and your vineyards he will take a tenth and give it to his officials and to his servants.
16 · This verse (above)
17Of your flocks he will take a tenth, and you will become his slaves.