1 Samuel 8:15
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. | He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants. | And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and seeds your | וְזַרְעֵיכֶ֥ם | ve-zar-'ei-KHEM | H2233G | seedזֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) : seed/sowing 1) seed, sowing, offspring 1a) a sowing 1b) seed 1c) semen virile 1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children 1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.) 1f) sowing time (by meton) |
| and vineyards your | וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֖ם | ve-khar-mei-KHEM | H3754 | vineyardכֶּרֶם (ke.rem) vineyard |
| he will take a tenth | יַעְשֹׂ֑ר | ya'-SOR | H6237 | to titheעָשַׂר (a.sar) 1) to tithe, take the tenth part of, give a tithe, take a tithe 1a) (Qal) to tithe 1b) (Piel) to give a tithe 1c) (Hiphil) to take a tithe |
| and he will give [them] | וְנָתַ֥ן | ve-na-TAN | H5414G | to give: giveנָתַן (na.tan) : give/deliver/send/produce 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted … |
| to officials his | לְסָרִיסָ֖יו | le-sa-ri-SAV | H5631 | eunuchסָרִיס (sa.ris) official, eunuch |
| and to servants his | וְלַעֲבָדָֽיו׃ | ve-la-'a-va-DAV | H5650 | servant/slaveעֲבַד (a.vad) servant, slave Aramaic of e.ved (עֶ֫בֶד "servant/slave" H5650) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.