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But the peopleוַ הָעָםrefusedיְמָאֲנוּto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto the voiceבְּקוֹלof Samuel,שְׁמוּאֵלand they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“No,לֹּאbutכִּי אִםthere shall beיִהְיֶהa kingמֶלֶךְover us,עָלֵינוּ
1 Samuel 8:19
Study it in the app“But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:19, word by word
- But the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- refusedיְמָאֲנוּyemaanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “yemaanu” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shemoa” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- and they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- there shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
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.”
19 · This verse (above)
20so that we also may be ourselves like all the nations, and our king will judge us and go out before us and fight our wars.”