1 Samuel

1 Samuel 8:7

⁷And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

Read all of 1 Samuel 8

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
And the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	šə·mū·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8050 Samuel
Listen	שְׁמַע֙	šə·ma‘	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8085 hear
to the voice	בְּק֣וֹל	bə·qō·wl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of the people	הָעָ֔ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
in all	לְכֹ֥ל	lə·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
that	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they say	יֹאמְר֖וּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to you	אֵלֶ֑יךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it is not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
you	אֹֽתְךָ֙	’ō·ṯə·ḵā	Direct object marker; second person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
they have rejected	מָאָ֔סוּ	mā·’ā·sū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3988 reject
but	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have rejected	מָאֲס֖וּ	mā·’ă·sū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3988 reject
Me	אֹתִ֥י	’ō·ṯî	Direct object marker; first person common singular	H853 mark of the accusative
as their king	מִמְּלֹ֥ךְ	mim·mə·lōḵ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Luke 10:16 · 1 Samuel 10:19 · Exodus 16:8 · Hosea 13:10–11 · Luke 19:27 · Luke 19:14 · Matthew 10:40 · 1 Samuel 12:17–19 · Psalm 81:11–12 · Matthew 10:24–25 · John 15:20–21 · Isaiah 66:4

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.