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1 Samuel 8:20

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Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;	That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.	And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That we also may be like all the nations^H1471; and that our king^H4428 may judge^H8199 us, and go out^H3318 before^H6440 us, and fight^H3898 our battles^H4421.

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Original Hebrew

וְהָיִינוּ גַם־אֲנַחְנוּ כְּכָל־הַגֹּויִם וּשְׁפָטָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ וְיָצָא לְפָנֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם אֶת־מִלְחֲמֹתֵנוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הָיִ֥ינוּ	ve./ha.Yi.nu	H1961	HC/Vqq1cp	and/ we will be
גַם	gam-	H1571	HD	also
אֲנַ֖חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	H587	HPp1cp	we
כְּ/כָל	ke./khol-	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	like/ all
הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם	ha./go.Yim	H1471	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ nations
וּ/שְׁפָטָ֤/נוּ	u./she.fa.Ta./nu	H8199	HC/Vqq3ms/Sp1cp	and/ he will judge/ us
מַלְכֵּ֨/נוּ֙	mal.Ke./nu	H4428	HNcmsc/Sp1cp	king/ our
וְ/יָצָ֣א	ve./ya.Tza'	H3318	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will go out
לְ/פָנֵ֔י/נוּ	le./fa.Nei./nu	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp1cp	(to)/ before/ us
וְ/נִלְחַ֖ם	ve./nil.Cham	H3898	HC/VNq3ms	and/ he will fight
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽ/נוּ	mil.cha.mo.Te./nu	H4421	HNcfpc/Sp1cp	battles/ our

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

Strong's References

• H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H3898 — לָחַם (lâcham, law-kham'): a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction); devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H8199 — שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'): a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.

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

• H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי; we; ourselves, us, we.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• 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.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (5): Numbers 27:17, Deuteronomy 17:14, 1 Samuel 12:2, 1 Samuel 12:12, Hosea 13:10

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: WORLDLINESS-UNWORLDLINESS
• Torrey’s: ARMIES OF ISRAEL, THE, KINGS
• Nave’s: GOVERNMENT, ISRAEL, SAMUEL, WORLDLINESS

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