1 Samuel

1 Samuel 12:2–3

²Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

³Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it^a to you.”

Footnotes

a 12:3 Hebrew And I will restore it; LXX Testify against me, and I will restore it

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1 Samuel 12:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וְעַתָּ֞ה	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
here is	הִנֵּ֥ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
the king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
walking	מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ	miṯ·hal·lêḵ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
before you	לִפְנֵיכֶ֗ם	lip̄·nê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
and I	וַאֲנִי֙	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am old	זָקַ֣נְתִּי	zā·qan·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H2204 be or become old
and gray	וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי	wā·śaḇ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7867 be hoary
and my sons	וּבָנַ֖י	ū·ḇā·nay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
are here	הִנָּ֣ם	hin·nām	Interjection; third person masculine plural	H2009 lo! behold!
with you	אִתְּכֶ֑ם	’it·tə·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H854 with
I	וַאֲנִי֙	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
have walked	הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי	hiṯ·hal·laḵ·tî	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
before you	לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם	lip̄·nê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
from my youth	מִנְּעֻרַ֖י	min·nə·‘u·ray	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young
until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
this	הַזֶּֽה׃	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
day	הַיּ֥וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day

1 Samuel 12:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Here I am	הִנְנִ֣י	hin·nî	Interjection; first person common singular	H2005 lo! behold
Bear witness	עֲנ֣וּ	‘ă·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H6030 answer, respond
against me	בִי֩	ḇî	Preposition; first person common singular
before	נֶ֨גֶד	ne·ḡeḏ	Preposition	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
the LORD	יְהוָ֜ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and before	וְנֶ֣גֶד	wə·ne·ḡeḏ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
His anointed	מְשִׁיח֗וֹ	mə·šî·ḥōw	Adjective - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4899 anointed
Whose	מִ֨י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
ox	שׁוֹר֩׀	šō·wr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7794 head of cattle
or donkey	וַחֲמ֧וֹר	wa·ḥă·mō·wr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2543 heap
have I taken	לָקַ֜חְתִּי	lā·qaḥ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3947 take
Whom	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
have I cheated	עָשַׁ֙קְתִּי֙	‘ā·šaq·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6231 oppress, wrong, extort
or oppressed	רַצּ֔וֹתִי	raṣ·ṣō·w·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7533 crush
From whose	מִ֤י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
hand	וּמִיַּד־	ū·mî·yaḏ-	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
have I accepted	לָקַ֣חְתִּי	lā·qaḥ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3947 take
a bribe	כֹ֔פֶר	ḵō·p̄er	Noun - masculine singular	H3724 the price of a life, ransom
and closed	וְאַעְלִ֥ים	wə·’a‘·lîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H5956 conceal
my eyes	עֵינַ֖י	‘ê·nay	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
and I will restore	וְאָשִׁ֖יב	wə·’ā·šîḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
to you	לָכֶֽם׃	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural

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1 Samuel 12:2 1 Samuel 8:5 · 1 Samuel 8:1 · 1 Samuel 8:20 · 1 Samuel 3:19–20 · Numbers 27:17 · 1 Samuel 8:3

1 Samuel 12:3 Acts 20:33 · Numbers 16:15 · Deuteronomy 16:19 · 1 Samuel 24:6 · 1 Peter 5:2 · 1 Thessalonians 2:5 · Exodus 23:8 · 1 Samuel 12:5 · 1 Thessalonians 2:10 · 1 Samuel 10:1 · Exodus 20:17 · Romans 13:1–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.