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And you will cry outוּזְעַקְתֶּםon thatהַהוּאdayבַּיּוֹםbecause ofמִלִּפְנֵיyour kingמַלְכְּכֶםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou have chosenבְּחַרְתֶּםfor yourselves,לָכֶםbut YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill notלֹאanswerיַעֲנֶהyouאֶתְכֶםon thatהַהוּאday.”בַּיּוֹם
1 Samuel 8:18
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:18, word by word
- And you will cry outזְעַקְתֶּםzeaktem
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zeaktem” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- because ofפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- your kingמַלְכְּmalk
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malk” appears- you have chosenבְּחַרְתֶּםbechartem
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bechartem” appears- but YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- answerיַעֲנֶהyaane
hear prayer
God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.
Where else “yaane” appears
The context
17Of your flocks he will take a tenth, and you will become his slaves.
18 · This verse (above)
19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,