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And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 1
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 2
תַעֲשׂ֖וּןta.'a.Sunare you doing !
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 3
כַּדְּבָרִ֣יםka.de.va.Rimaccording to the things
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697O
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: Chronicles
Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 18:25, Genesis 32:19, Genesis 39:19, Genesis 44:7, Deuteronomy 4:32, Deuteronomy 13:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697O; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 4
הָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> these
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 5
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 6
אָנֹכִ֤י'a.no.KhiI
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 7
שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙sho.Me.a'[am] hearing
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 8
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 9
דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣םdiv.rei.Khemthings your
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697O
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: Chronicles
Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 18:25, Genesis 32:19, Genesis 39:19, Genesis 44:7, Deuteronomy 4:32, Deuteronomy 13:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697O; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 10
רָעִ֔יםra.'Imwicked
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 11
מֵאֵ֖תme.'Etfrom with
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 12
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 13
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 14
אֵֽלֶּה\׃'E.lehthese
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:23 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| are you doing | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| these | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| things | → | דָּבָר H1697O Chronicles |
| [Eli] said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to [his sons] | → | |
| I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| about | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| your wicked | → | רַע H7451H bad: evil |
| deeds | → | דָּבָר H1697O Chronicles |
| from | → | אֵת H0854 with |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| these | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| people | → | עַם H5971A people |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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