1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:23

²³“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֥מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
are you doing	תַעֲשׂ֖וּן	ṯa·‘ă·śūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H6213 do, make
these	הָאֵ֑לֶּה	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
things	כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים	kad·də·ḇā·rîm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	לָהֶ֔ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
I	אָנֹכִ֤י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
hear	שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙	šō·mê·a‘	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8085 hear
about	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
your wicked	רָעִ֔ים	rā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7451 bad, evil
deeds	דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣ם	diḇ·rê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
from	מֵאֵ֖ת	mê·’êṯ	Preposition-m; Direct object marker	H854 with
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
these	אֵֽלֶּה׃	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
people	הָעָ֥ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.