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Of your flocksצֹאנְכֶםhe will take a tenth,יַעְשֹׂרand youוְאַתֶּםwill becomeתִּהְיוּhisלוֹslaves.לַעֲבָדִים
1 Samuel 8:17
Study it in the app“Of your flocks he will take a tenth, and you will become his slaves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:17, word by word
- Of your flocksצֹאנְtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- he will take a tenthיַעְשֹׂרyasor
tithe
Give a tenth, tithe; also take a tenth.
Where else “yasor” appears- will becomeתִּהְיוּtihyu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyu” appears- slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears
The context
16Your male slaves and your female slaves and your best young men and your donkeys he will take and put them to his work.
17 · This verse (above)
18And you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but YHWH will not answer you on that day.”