1 Samuel 8:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wəʾeṯ-śəḏôṯêḵem and wəʾeṯ-karmêḵem and wəzêṯêḵem haṭṭôḇîm yiqqāḥ and wənāṯan to-laʿăḇāḏāyw.

Grammar Details

*wəʾeṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker
*śəḏôṯêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your fields
*karmêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your vineyards
*wəzêṯêḵem*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - and your olive groves
*haṭṭôḇîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the good ones
*yiqqāḥ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will take
*wənāṯan*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will give
*laʿăḇāḏāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his servants

Word Meanings

*śəḏôṯêḵem*: your fields/lands/plots
*karmêḵem*: your vineyards/grape fields
*wəzêṯêḵem*: your olive groves/olive trees
*haṭṭôḇîm*: the good/best/choicest
*yiqqāḥ*: he will take/seize/confiscate
*wənāṯan*: he will give/grant
*laʿăḇāḏāyw*: to his servants/officials/courtiers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 21:7 : 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Ezek 46:18 : 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
1 Sam 22:7 : 7 And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

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