1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:36

³⁶And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וְהָיָ֗ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
everyone	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
left	הַנּוֹתָר֙	han·nō·w·ṯār	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3498 remain over
in your house	בְּבֵ֣יתְךָ֔	bə·ḇê·ṯə·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1004 house
will come	יָבוֹא֙	yā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and bow down	לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת	lə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct	H7812 bow down
to him	ל֔וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
for a piece	לַאֲג֥וֹרַת	la·’ă·ḡō·w·raṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H95 payment
of silver	כֶּ֖סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
or a morsel	וְכִכַּר־	wə·ḵik·kar-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3603 a round
of bread	לָ֑חֶם	lā·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
pleading	וְאָמַ֗ר	wə·’ā·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Please	נָ֛א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
appoint me	סְפָחֵ֥נִי	sə·p̄ā·ḥê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H5596 join, attach to
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
some	אַחַ֥ת	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular construct	H259 one
priestly office	הַכְּהֻנּ֖וֹת	hak·kə·hun·nō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H3550 priesthood
so that I can eat	לֶאֱכֹ֥ל	le·’ĕ·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat
a piece	פַּת־	paṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6595 fragment, bit, morsel
of bread	לָֽחֶם׃ס	lā·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

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