1 Samuel 8:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִלִּפְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

Transliteration

And ûzəʿaqtem in-bayyôm hahûʾ from-before malkəkem whom bəḥartem for-yourselves, and not-yaʿăneh YHWH ʾeṯḵem in-bayyôm hahûʾ.

Grammar Details

• *ûzəʿaqtem*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you will cry out
• *bayyôm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day
• *hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
• *malkəkem*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your king
• *bəḥartem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you chose
• *yaʿăneh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will answer
• *YHWH*: noun, proper name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you

Word Meanings

• *ûzəʿaqtem*: you will cry out/call for help/complain
• *bayyôm hahûʾ*: in that day/at that time
• *malkəkem*: your king/monarch
• *bəḥartem*: you chose/selected
• *yaʿăneh*: will answer/respond to/heed

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
• Isa 8:21 : 21 And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
• Prov 1:25-28 : 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
• Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
• Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
• Luke 13:25 : 25 When once {G302} the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, {G2962} open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;