1 Samuel 15:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וּמֶ֛ה קֽוֹל־הַצֹּ֥אן הַזֶּ֖ה בְּאָזְנָ֑י וְק֣וֹל הַבָּקָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer šəmûʾēl, And what ûmeh sound of qôl-the flock haṣṣōʾn the this hazzeh in my ears bəʾoznāy; and sound of wəqôl the cattle habbāqār which ʾăšer I ʾānōḵî šōmēʿa.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *šəmûʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Samuel
• *ûmeh*: conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and what
• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - sound of
• *haṣṣōʾn*: definite article + noun, common singular - the flock/sheep
• *hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - the this/this
• *bəʾoznāy*: preposition + noun, feminine dual + 1st person singular suffix - in my ears
• *wəqôl*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and sound of
• *habbāqār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the cattle
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *šōmēʿa*: Qal participle, masculine singular - hearing

Word Meanings

• *qôl*: sound/voice/noise
• *šōmēʿa*: hearing/listening to

Referenced Verses

• Ps 36:2 : 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found{H8800)} to be hateful{H8800)}.
• Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith{H8804)}, What hast thou to do to declare{H8763)} my statutes, or that thou shouldest take{H8799)} my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8804)} instruction, and castest{H8686)} my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest{H8804)} a thief, then thou consentedst{H8799)} with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers{H8764)}. 19 Thou givest{H8804)} thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth{H8686)} deceit. 20 Thou sittest{H8799)} and speakest{H8762)} against thy brother; thou{H8799)} slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done{H8804)}, and I kept silence{H8689)}; thou thoughtest{H8765)} that I was altogether{H8800)} such an one as thyself: but I will reprove{H8686)} thee, and set them in order{H8799)} before thine eyes.
• Jer 2:18-19 : 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
• Jer 2:22-23 : 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. 23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
• Jer 2:34-37 : 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
• Mal 3:13-15 : 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
• Luke 19:22 : 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.