1 Samuel
1 Samuel 12:17
17Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is it not | הֲל֤וֹא | hă·lō·w | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| the wheat | חִטִּים֙ | ḥiṭ·ṭîm | Noun - feminine plural | H2406 wheat |
| harvest | קְצִיר־ | qə·ṣîr- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7105 harvesting, harvest |
| today | הַיּ֔וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| I will call | אֶקְרָא֙ | ’eq·rā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| on | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| to send | וְיִתֵּ֥ן | wə·yit·tên | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| thunder | קֹל֖וֹת | qō·lō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H6963 sound, voice |
| and rain | וּמָטָ֑ר | ū·mā·ṭār | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H4306 rain |
| so that you will know | וּדְע֣וּ | ū·ḏə·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3045 know |
| and see | וּרְא֗וּ | ū·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7200 see |
| what a great | רַבָּה֙ | rab·bāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7227 much, many, great |
| evil | רָעַתְכֶ֤ם | rā·‘aṯ·ḵem | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H7451 bad, evil |
| you have committed | עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ | ‘ă·śî·ṯem | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| in the sight | בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə·‘ê·nê | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc | H5869 eye |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| by asking | לִשְׁא֥וֹל | liš·’ō·wl | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7592 ask, inquire |
| for | לָכֶ֖ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| a king | מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס | me·leḵ | Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.