1 Samuel 8:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֤רַע הַדָּבָר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמְר֔וּ תְּנָה־לָּ֥נוּ מֶ֖לֶךְ לְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyēraʿ haddāḇār in-eyes-of šəmûʾēl when ʾāmərû give-to-us meleḵ to-šāp̄əṭēnû, and wayyiṯpallēl šəmûʾēl to-YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *wayyēraʿ*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it was evil/displeasing
• *haddāḇār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the thing/matter/word
• *šəmûʾēl*: noun, proper name, masculine singular - Samuel
• *ʾāmərû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they said
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *šāp̄əṭēnû*: verb, qal infinitive construct with 1st common plural suffix - to judge us
• *wayyiṯpallēl*: waw-consecutive + verb, hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he prayed
• *YHWH*: noun, proper name - Yahweh/the LORD

Word Meanings

• *wayyēraʿ*: was displeasing/was evil/was bad
• *haddāḇār*: the thing/matter/word/request
• *ʾāmərû*: they said/spoke
• *šāp̄əṭēnû*: to judge us/to govern us
• *wayyiṯpallēl*: prayed/interceded

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
• 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
• Ezra 9:3-5 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
• Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
• Luke 6:11-12 : 11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
• Phil 4:6 : 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 {G1161} If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Exod 32:21 : 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
• Exod 32:32 : 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
• Num 16:15 : 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
• Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
• Num 16:46 : 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.