1 Samuel
1 Samuel 16:2
2“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!”
The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | אֵ֣יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| can I go | אֵלֵ֔ךְ | ’ê·lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| Samuel | שְׁמוּאֵל֙ | šə·mū·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8050 Samuel |
| asked | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Saul | שָׁא֖וּל | šā·’ūl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7586 Shaul |
| will hear of it | וְשָׁמַ֥ע | wə·šā·ma‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| and kill me | וַהֲרָגָ֑נִיס | wa·hă·rå̄·ḡå̄·nīs | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| The LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| answered | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Take | תִּקַּ֣ח | tiq·qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| a heifer | בָּקָר֙ | bā·qār | Noun - masculine singular | H1241 cattle, herd, ox |
| with you | בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ | bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| and say | וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I have come | בָּֽאתִי׃ | bā·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to sacrifice | לִזְבֹּ֥חַ | liz·bō·aḥ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H2076 slaughter for sacrifice |
| to the LORD | לַֽיהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.