1 Samuel 2:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לָ֥מָּה תַעֲשׂ֖וּן כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣ם רָעִ֔ים מֵאֵ֖ת כָּל־הָעָ֥ם אֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

And-yomer to-them why taasun like-devarim haelle which anokhi shomea ʾet-divrekhem raim from-ʾet all-haam elle.

Grammar Details

*yomer*: Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - he said
*taasun*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural with paragogic nun - you do
*devarim*: noun, masculine plural - words/things/matters
*haelle*: demonstrative adjective, masculine plural - these
*anokhi*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*shomea*: Qal participle, masculine singular - hearing
*divrekhem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your words/reports
*raim*: adjective, masculine plural - evil/bad
*haam*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*elle*: demonstrative adjective, common plural - these

Word Meanings

*yomer*: said/spoke
*taasun*: do/are doing
*devarim*: things/matters/words
*divrekhem*: your reports/your reputation/your words
*raim*: evil/bad/wicked

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
Isa 3:9 : 9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Acts 9:4 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts 14:15 : 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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