1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:24
24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | אַ֖ל | ’al | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| my sons | בָּנָ֑י | bā·nāy | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H1121 son |
| not | לֽוֹא־ | lō·w- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| a good | טוֹבָ֤ה | ṭō·w·ḇāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| report | הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ | haš·šə·mu·‘āh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8052 report |
| I | אָנֹכִ֣י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| hear | שֹׁמֵ֔עַ | šō·mê·a‘ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| circulating among | מַעֲבִרִ֖ים | ma·‘ă·ḇi·rîm | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| the LORD’s | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| people | עַם־ | ‘am- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5971 people |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.