1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:29
29Why then do you kick ate My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Footnotes
- e 2:29 Or scorn
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 then | לָ֣מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you kick at | תִבְעֲט֗וּ | ṯiḇ·‘ă·ṭū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H1163 kick |
| My sacrifice | בְּזִבְחִי֙ | bə·ziḇ·ḥî | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H2077 sacrifice |
| and offering | וּבְמִנְחָתִ֔י | ū·ḇə·min·ḥā·ṯî | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H4503 gift, tribute, offering |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I have prescribed | צִוִּ֖יתִי | ṣiw·wî·ṯî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| for | מָע֑וֹן | mā·‘ō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H4583 dwelling, habitation |
| You have honored | וַתְּכַבֵּ֤ד | wat·tə·ḵab·bêḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured |
| your sons | בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ | bā·ne·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1121 son |
| more than Me | מִמֶּ֔נִּי | mim·men·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| by fattening yourselves | לְהַבְרִֽיאֲכֶ֗ם | lə·haḇ·rî·’ă·ḵem | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural | H1254 shape, create |
| with the best | מֵרֵאשִׁ֛ית | mê·rê·šîṯ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H7225 beginning, chief |
| of all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the offerings | מִנְחַ֥ת | min·ḥaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H4503 gift, tribute, offering |
| of My people | לְעַמִּֽי׃ | lə·‘am·mî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5971 people |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 10:37 · 1 Samuel 2:13–17 · Deuteronomy 32:15 · Luke 14:26 · Malachi 1:12–13 · Ezekiel 34:2 · Deuteronomy 12:5–6 · Micah 3:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.