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1 Samuel 8:4

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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.	Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,	And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then all the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478 gathered themselves together^H6908, and came^H935 to Samuel^H8050 unto Ramah^H7414,

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ כֹּל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל הָרָמָתָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ	va/i.yit.ka.be.Tzu	H6908	HC/Vtw3mp	and/ they gathered together
כֹּ֖ל	kol	H3605	HNcmsc	all
זִקְנֵ֣י	zik.Nei	H2205	HAampc	(the) elders of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וַ/יָּבֹ֥אוּ	va/i.ya.Vo.'u	H935	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they came
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	she.mu.'El	H8050	HNp	Samuel
הָ/רָמָֽתָ/ה	ha./ra.Ma.ta/h	H7414	HTd/Np/Sd	(the)/ Ramah/ towards

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

Strong's References

• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H2205 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H6908 — קָבַץ (qâbats, kaw-bats'): a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect; assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
• H7414 — רָמָה (Râmâh, raw-maw'): the same as רָמָה; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine; Ramah.
• H8050 — שְׁמוּאֵל (Shᵉmûwʼêl, sehm-oo-ale'): from the passive participle of שָׁמַע and אֵל; heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites; Samuel, Shemuel.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• 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).

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