Verse 16

{ "verseID": "1 Samuel.8.16", "source": "וְאֶת־עַבְדֵיכֶם֩ וְֽאֶת־שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם וְאֶת־בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧ם הַטּוֹבִ֛ים וְאֶת־חֲמוֹרֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח וְעָשָׂ֖ה לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃", "text": "And *wəʾeṯ*-*ʿaḇḏêḵem* and *wəʾeṯ*-*šip̄ḥôṯêḵem* and *wəʾeṯ*-*baḥûrêḵem* *haṭṭôḇîm* and *wəʾeṯ*-*ḥămôrêḵem* *yiqqāḥ*, and *wəʿāśāh* for-*liməlaʾḵtô*.", "grammar": { "*wəʾeṯ*": "conjunction + direct object marker", "*ʿaḇḏêḵem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your male servants", "*šip̄ḥôṯêḵem*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your female servants", "*baḥûrêḵem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your young men", "*haṭṭôḇîm*": "definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the good ones", "*ḥămôrêḵem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your donkeys", "*yiqqāḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will take", "*wəʿāśāh*": "conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will use", "*liməlaʾḵtô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for his work" }, "variants": { "*ʿaḇḏêḵem*": "your male servants/slaves", "*šip̄ḥôṯêḵem*": "your female servants/maids/slave girls", "*baḥûrêḵem*": "your young men/best men/choice young men", "*haṭṭôḇîm*": "the good/finest/strongest", "*ḥămôrêḵem*": "your donkeys/asses", "*yiqqāḥ*": "he will take/seize/appropriate", "*wəʿāśāh*": "he will use/put to work", "*liməlaʾḵtô*": "for his work/business/service" } }

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