1 Samuel 8:21 Go deeper
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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD . (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'and he heard
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 8:21 word 1
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElSamuel
Lemma: שְׁמוּאֵל (she.mu.el) · Strong's: H8050G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Samuel
Used 138 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:20, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 2:21, 1 Samuel 2:26, 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8050G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 8:21 word 2
אֵ֖ת'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 8:21 word 3
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 8:21 word 4
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 8:21 word 5
הָעָ֑םha.'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 8:21 word 6
וַֽיְדַבְּרֵ֖םvay.da.be.Remand he spoke them
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 8:21 word 7
בְּאָזְנֵ֥יbe.'a.ze.Neiin [the] ears of
Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: ear: to ears
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 20:8, Genesis 44:18, Genesis 50:4, Deuteronomy 31:28, Deuteronomy 31:30, Joshua 20:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0241I; TAHOT 1 Samuel 8:21 word 8
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 8:21 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Samuel | → | שְׁמוּאֵל H8050G Samuel |
| listened | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| to all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the words | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| of the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| and repeated them | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| in the hearing | → | אֹ֫זֶן H0241I ear: to ears |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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