1 Samuel 8:17

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And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.	He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.	And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He will take the tenth^H6237 of your sheep^H6629: and ye shall be his servants^H5650.

Original Hebrew

צֹאנְכֶם יַעְשֹׂר וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ־לֹו לַעֲבָדִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
צֹאנְ/כֶ֖ם	tzon./Khem	H6629	HNcbsc/Sp2mp	flock(s)/ your
יַעְשֹׂ֑ר	ya'.Sor	H6237	HVqi3ms	he will take a tenth
וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם	ve./'a.Tem	H859	HC/Pp2mp	and/ you
תִּֽהְיוּ	tih.yu-	H1961	HVqi2mp	you will become
ל֥/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	of/ him
לַ/עֲבָדִֽים	la./'a.va.Dim	H5650	HR/Ncmpa	(into)/ servants

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
H6237 — עָשַׂר (ʻâsar, aw-sar'): a primitive root (identical with עָשַׁר); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from עֶשֶׂר; to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth; [idiom] surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), [idiom] truly.
H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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