1 Samuel

1 Samuel 11:12

¹²Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the people	הָעָם֙	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	šə·mū·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8050 Samuel
Who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
said	הָאֹמֵ֔ר	hā·’ō·mêr	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H559 utter, say
that Saul	שָׁא֖וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
should not reign	יִמְלֹ֣ךְ	yim·lōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
over us	עָלֵ֑ינוּ	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
Bring	תְּנ֥וּ	tə·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
those men here	הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים	hā·’ă·nā·šîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
so we can kill them	וּנְמִיתֵֽם׃	ū·nə·mî·ṯêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; third person masculine plural	H4191 die

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.