1 Samuel 8:14 — Word Study
WLCוְאֶת־ שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־ כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃
BSAHe will takelâqach▸ [seize, acquire] the bestṭôwb [most pleasant, choice] of your fieldssâdeh [lands, territories] andʼêth vineyardskerem [gardens, plots of land for cultivation] and olive groveszayith [olive tree orchards] and give themnâthan [assign, bestow] to his servantsʻebed [attendants, officials]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | and the object marker | Conjunction, particle |
| שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם | fields your | Noun common feminine plural construct, suffix |
| וְאֶת־ | and the object marker | Conjunction, particle |
| כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם | vineyards your | Noun common masculine plural construct, suffix |
| וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם | and olive groves your | Conjunction, noun common masculine plural construct, suffix |
| הַטּוֹבִ֖ים | good | Particle |
| יִקָּ֑ח | he will take | Verb, Qal, imperfect third person masculine singular |
| וְנָתַ֖ן | and he will give [them] | Verb, Qal, sequential perfect third person masculine singular |
| לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃ | to servants his | Preposition, noun common masculine plural construct, suffix |
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| BSB | He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants. |
| KJV | And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
| ASV | And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
| YLT | and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards — the best — he doth take, and hath given to his servants. |
| WEB | He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants. |
| BBE | He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
The translations agree on the meaning of the king taking the best of the people's resources.
The sentence is structured around a main verb with multiple objects and a final action, creating a clear flow of thought.
6 commentators on this verse
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verbלָקַח
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Every word here is used elsewhere in the Old Testament.
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Deep Study — 1 Samuel 8:14
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Context — The Warning About a Kinggenerated
1 Samuel 8:14 is part of a passage where the prophet Samuel warns the Israelites about the implications of their desire for a king. He explains that a king will take their resources for his own purposes, which includes their fields, vineyards, and olive groves. This warning reflects the potential loss of autonomy and resources that comes with centralized power, a theme that resonates throughout the biblical narrative.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Samuel 22:7 | Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds? |
| 2 | 1 Kings 21:7–19 | But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” |
| 3 | Ezekiel 46:18 | The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’” |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 3 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — יִקָּח, yi.Kachgenerated
The Hebrew verb לָקַח (laqach) means 'to take' and encompasses a variety of actions including to seize, acquire, or receive. Its use here indicates a future action by the king, emphasizing the authority he will have over the people's possessions.
This verb is in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing action that will take place in the future. The choice of this verb underscores the king's proactive role in taking what belongs to the people, highlighting the shift in power dynamics that the Israelites are requesting.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The translations agree on the meaning of the verse, consistently conveying that the king will take the best of the people's fields, vineyards, and olive groves.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb of the verse is יִקָּח, he will take, which governs the phrase describing what he will take: הַטּוֹבִ֖ים, the best, followed by a series of noun phrases: שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם, your fields, כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם, your vineyards, and וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם, and your olive groves.
The structure emphasizes the action of taking, with the objects clearly laid out, indicating the extent of the king's claim over the people's resources.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates יִקָּח as λήμψεται (lēmpsetai), which means 'he will receive' or 'he will take.' This choice suggests a more passive interpretation of the action, focusing on the king's reception of the people's resources rather than a forceful seizure.
This nuance in the Greek translation may reflect a different cultural understanding of kingship and authority compared to the Hebrew text.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
1 Samuel 8:14 warns the Israelites that if they choose a king, he will take the best of their fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his servants. This reflects the consequences of wanting a king and the loss of their resources.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It means that the king will seize valuable resources from the people, which may lead to a loss of their wealth and autonomy.
They wanted a king to lead them like other nations, but Samuel warns them of the consequences of such a choice.
It reveals that kingship can lead to the exploitation of the people, as the king will take their resources for his own use.
It connects to themes of authority, power dynamics, and the consequences of rejecting God's direct rule in favor of human leadership.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways do we see authority misused in our own lives or communities?
- How can we ensure that our leaders are held accountable for their actions?
- What lessons can we learn from the Israelites' desire for a king?
- How do we balance the need for leadership with the potential for exploitation?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers comment on this verse, discussing the implications of the king's actions and the spiritual lessons drawn from them.
8. There follows: "He will also take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants." What are the fields of good men,Early Church Fathers on 1 Samuel 8 →
What are the fields, what are the vineyards, what are the olive groves that are taken from us by the right of rulers? But the holy preachers, when they speak for the correction of sinners, rebuke the pleasures of the flesh,Early Church Fathers on 1 Samuel 8 →
He will also take your fields and vineyards, etc. Also taking from you the most abundant stores of your spiritual virtues, and the fruits of fervent love, not to mention the sweetest gifts of shining mercy,Early Church Fathers on 1 Samuel 8 →
Commentators on this verse — 6 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on 1 Samuel 8:14 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,.... Which includes the whole increase of their land, their corn, and wine, and oil; and it is these, the fruits of their fields,
Read John Gill on 1 Samuel 8 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Read Robert Jamieson on 1 Samuel 8 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleHe will take your fields, to wit, by fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth. And give them to his servants: He will not only take the fruits of your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessions to give to his servants.
Read Matthew Poole on 1 Samuel 8 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments1 Samuel 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, [even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his servants.Ver. 14. And he will take your fields, &c.] As if you were not masters of so much as a molehill, but all were his. But what saith God? "The prince shall not take of the people’ s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of possession." And what saith Seneca? Non civium servitutem Regi traditam sed tutelam, And what said the clergy of England to Rustand, the Pope’ s legate, when he said that all the churches were the Pope’ s? They answered, that they might be so tuitione, non fruitione … defensione, non dissipatione. De Clem., lib. i. cap. 18.…
Read John Trapp on 1 Samuel 8 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges14. he will take your fields &c.] Cp. 1 Kings 21:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Read Cambridge on 1 Samuel 8 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleSee illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13-18; 1 Kings 12:4.
Read Albert Barnes on 1 Samuel 8 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.
Tyndale line
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them , and give them to his servants.
And he will take your fieldes, and your vineyardes, and your best Oliue trees, and giue them to his seruants.
Strictly literal
And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.
and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards — the best — he doth take, and hath given to his servants.
and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards—he takes the best, and has given to his servants.
And your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, yea the best, will he take, and give them to his servants.
He will take the very best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive orchards, and give them to his servants.
From the Latin
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.
Simplified
He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his officials.
He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text aligns closely with the Septuagint, with 9 of the 9 words matched. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain partial restorations but agree on the essential content of the verse, indicating a consistent transmission of the text across these witnesses.
וְאֶת־ שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־ כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃
9 of the 9 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
[ואת] [שדותי׳כם] [ואת] [כרמי׳כם] [וזיתי׳כם] הטובים יקח [ונתן] [לעבדי׳ו]
1 word on the leather — 1 partly restored, 7 supplied entire by an editor.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in 1 Samuel 8:14
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
אֵת (eth) is primarily a grammatical marker in Hebrew, indicating the definite direct object of a verb. It is not translated into English and typically precedes nouns that are definite. The word is derived from a demonstrative sense of entity, related to the Hebrew word for 'self.' Its Aramaic equivalent is יָת (yat).
אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
base
H853 אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
853 'eth ayth
apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of
entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more
definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or
namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).
see HEBREW for 0226
אֵת (et) — [Obj.].
sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
Aramaic equivalent: yat (יָת "whom" H3487)
Conj | DirObjM — Conjunction · particleHC/To
שָׂדַי (saday) and שָׂדֶה (sadeh) both refer to a field or land, encompassing cultivated areas, open fields, and regions opposed to mountains or seas. The terms can denote specific portions of ground and are associated with wildlife habitats. They derive from a root meaning to spread out, indicating flat, expansive areas.
שָׂדַי n.m. field, land
cultivated field
home of wild beasts
plain, opp. mt.
land, opp. sea
base
שָׂדֶה 819 n.m. id. [u.ak.ab]
(ordinary contr. form)open field, country
definite portion of ground, field, land
land, opp. sea
base
H7704a שָׂדַי field, land . cultivated field
. home of wild beasts
. plain, opp. mt.
. land, opp. sea
H7704b שָׂדֶה id. [7704a] . open field, country
. definite portion of ground, field, land
. land, opp. sea
7704 sadeh saw-deh'
or saday {saw-dah'-ee}; from an unused root meaning to spread
out; a field (as flat):--country, field, ground, land, soil,
X wild.
שָׂדַי (sa.day) — Sirion.
This name means field, land, plain
Another spelling of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) — land: soil.
: soil
1) field, land
1a) open field, country
1b) definite portion of ground, field, land
1c) land (opposed to sea)
שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) — land: country.
: country/field
1) field, land
1a) open field, country
1b) definite portion of ground, field, land
1c) land (opposed to sea)
שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) — Field (of the Launderer).
Combined with ka.vas (כָּבַס "Washer's" H3526)
This name means field, land
שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) — land: wildlife.
: wild(animals/plants)
1) field, land
1a) open field, country
1b) definite portion of ground, field, land
1c) land (opposed to sea)
שָׂדַי (sa.day) — field.
1) field, land
1a) cultivated field
1b) of home of wild beasts
1c) plain (opposed to mountain)
1d) land (opposed to sea)
N-mp | Suff — Noun common feminine plural construct · suffixHNcfpc/Sp2mp
אֵת (eth) is primarily a grammatical marker in Hebrew, indicating the definite direct object of a verb. It is not translated into English and typically precedes nouns that are definite. The word is derived from a demonstrative sense of entity, related to the Hebrew word for 'self.' Its Aramaic equivalent is יָת (yat).
אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
base
H853 אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
853 'eth ayth
apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of
entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more
definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or
namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).
see HEBREW for 0226
אֵת (et) — [Obj.].
sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
Aramaic equivalent: yat (יָת "whom" H3487)
HC/To — Conjunction · particleHC/To
כֶּרֶם (kerem) means 'vineyard' and is derived from an unused root of uncertain meaning. It covers the concept of a garden or vineyard, including terms like 'vines' and 'vintage.' The word appears in contexts related to agriculture, specifically in the Old Testament.
כֶּרֶם 92 n.m. (f.) vineyard
base
H3754 כֶּרֶם vineyard
3754 kerem keh'-rem
from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or
vineyard:--vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See
also 1021.
see HEBREW for 01021
כֶּרֶם (ke.rem) — vineyard.
vineyard
N-cp | Suff — Noun common masculine plural construct · suffixHNcmpc/Sp2mp
זַ֫יִת (zayith) refers to an olive or olive tree, including its fruit. It is associated with illuminating oil and appears in place names like the Mount of Olives. The entries suggest it encompasses both the tree and its produce, with some lexicons noting its connection to specific locations.
זַ֫יִת n.m. olive-tree, olive
olive-tree
of fruit of olive-tree, olives
in designations of place
base
H2132 זַ֫יִת olive-tree, olive
2132 zayith zay'-yith
probably from an unused root (akin to 2099); an olive (as
yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the
berry:--olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
see HEBREW for 02099
זַ֫יִת (za.yit) — (Mount of) Olives.
This name means olive, olive tree
Also named: elaiōn (ἐλαιών "Olivet" G1638)
זַ֫יִת (za.yit) — olive.
1) olive, olive tree
1a) olive tree
1b) olives
2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side
Conj | N-mp | Suff — Conjunction · noun common masculine plural construct · suffixHC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp
טוֹב (tov) is a Hebrew word meaning good or pleasant, encompassing a wide range of meanings from agreeable to the senses to ethical goodness. It can function as an adjective, noun, or adverb, referring to things like welfare, happiness, and prosperity. The feminine form, טוֹבָה (tovah), specifically denotes welfare or good things.
טוֹב adj. pleasant, agreeable, good
pleasant, agreeable to the senses
pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well
good, excellent, of its kind
good, rich, valuable in estimation
good, appropriate, becoming
c. מִן compar. = better
of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous
of man's intellectual nature, good understanding
good, kind, benign
good (ethical), right
base
טוֹב n.m. a good thing, benefit, welfare
welfare, prosperity, happiness
good things
good = benefit
moral good
base
טוֹבָה n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good
welfare, prosperity, happiness
good things
bounty, good
base
H2896a טוֹב pleasant, agreeable, good . pleasant, agreeable to the senses
. pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well
. good, excellent, of its kind
. good, rich, valuable in estimation
. good, appropriate, becoming
. c. מִן compar. =better
. of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous
. of man's intellectual nature, good understanding
. good, kind, benign
. good (ethical), right
H2896b טוֹב a good thing, benefit, welfare H2896c טוֹבָה welfare, benefit, good things, good
2896 towb tobe
from 2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used
likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine,
the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a
good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or
women), also as an adverb (well):--beautiful, best, better,
bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour,
fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s),
graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving,
merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious,
prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well
((-favoured)).
see HEBREW for 02895
טוֹב (tov) — pleasant.
adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
Aramaic equivalent: tav (טָב "fine" H2869)
טוֹב (tov) — good.
1) a good thing, benefit, welfare
1a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
1b) good things (collective)
1c) good, benefit
1d) moral good
טוֹבָה (to.vah) — welfare.
1) welfare, benefit, good things
1a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
1b) good things (collective)
1c) bounty
Art | Adj — ParticleHTd/Aampa
good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English "good" is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible.
(1) In the Old Testament the commonest word is Tobh, occurring very frequently and translated in a great variety of ways. Of the different shades of meaning, which frequently run into each other, the following may be distinguished:
(a) Possessing desirable qualities, beneficial, agreeable, e.g. "good for food" (Ge 2:9); "We will do thee good" (Nu 10:29); Who will show us any good?" (Ps 4:6); "good tidings of good" (Isa 52:7).
The Hebrew word לָקַח (*laqach*) means 'to take' and encompasses a wide range of actions, including to receive, seize, capture, and carry away. It can refer to taking something in hand, taking a wife, or even taking vengeance. The verb has various forms indicating different nuances, such as being taken away or captured.
לָקַח 965 vb. take
Qal
take, take in hand
take and carry along with oneself
take from, or out of
take, carry away
take away from, so as to deprive of
esp. take away life
take to or for a person
take up, upon = put upon
= fetch
take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
take = capture, seize
take = carry off
in phr. take vengeance
Niph.
be captured, of ark
be taken away, removed
be taken, brought unto
Pu.
be taken from, out of
= be stolen from
be taken captive
be taken away, removed
Hoph.
be taken, brought unto
be taken out of
be taken away from
Hithp. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
base
H3947 לָקַח take .. take, take in hand
. take and carry along with oneself
. . take from, or out of
. take, carry away
. take away from, so as to deprive of
. esp. take away life
. take to or for a person
. take up, upon = put upon
. = fetch
. take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
. take = capture, seize
. take = carry off
. in phr. take vengeance
. . be captured, of ark
. be taken away, removed
. be taken, brought unto
. . be taken from, out of
. = be stolen from
. be taken captive
. be taken away, removed
. . be taken, brought unto
. be taken out of
. be taken away from
. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
3947 laqach law-kakh'
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of
applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch,
get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve,
seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
לָקַח (la.qach) — to take: take.
: take
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singularHVqi3ms
tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. "To take" in the sense of "capture" is still common, but when a person or living animal is in point, modern English usually adds "prisoner" or "captive." English Versions of the Bible not infrequently has this addition (Ge 14:14, etc.), but more commonly "take" is used without it (Jos 10:39; Job 5:13; Sirach 23:21; Joh 7:30, etc.). An occasional obscurity is thus caused, as in Ge 27:3, "take me venison" for "hunt venison for me." "To take advice" (2Ch…
The Hebrew word נָתַן (natan) means 'to give' and encompasses a wide range of applications such as putting, setting, and making. It can also indicate actions like bestowing, delivering, and assigning. The entries describe its use in various forms, including Qal, Niphal, and Hophal, but do not present any significant disagreements among lexicons.
נָתַן 2007 vb. give, put, set
Qal 1917
give
Put, set
Make, constitute
Niph.
82be given
Be put, set
Hoph.
be given, bestowed
= be given to one for wife
be put upon
base
H5414 נָתַן give, put, set .. give
. Put, set
. Make, constitute
. . be given
. Be put, set
. . . be given, bestowed
. = be given to one for wife
. be put upon
5414 nathan naw-than'
a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of
application (put, make, etc.):--add, apply, appoint, ascribe,
assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth,
hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, +
cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X
without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up),
grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up),
(give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that,
occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X
pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send
(out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander,
strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade,
turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to)
God, yield.
נָתַן (na.tan) — to give: give.
: 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
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon
נָתַן (na.tan) — to give: put.
: put/set/apppoint
1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
Conj | V-Qal-3ms — Verb · Qal · sequential perfect third person masculine singularHc/Vqq3ms
The Hebrew word עֶ֫בֶד (*ebed*) means 'slave' or 'servant' and encompasses various roles, including household servants, subjects, and worshippers of God. It can also refer to Israel as a collective servant of God and is used in polite address among equals. The word is derived from a root meaning 'to work' or 'to serve'.
עֶ֫בֶד 799 n.m. slave, servant
slave, servant of household
Subjects, of chief
Servants, worshippers of God
Servant of י׳, in a special sense
Israel as a people is servant of י׳
In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 pers. sing., I
Phrases
base
H5650 עֶ֫בֶד slave, servant . slave, servant of household
. Subjects, of chief
. Servants, worshippers of God
. Servant of י׳, in a special sense
. Israel as a people is servant of י׳
. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 pers. sing., I
. Phrases
5650 `ebed eh'-bed
from 5647; a servant:--X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant,
(man-)servant.
see HEBREW for 05647
עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) — servant/slave.
1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant
1b) subjects
1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
1e) servant (of Israel)
1f) servant (as form of address between equals)
Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (עֲבַד "servant/slave" H5649)
Prep | N-mp | Suff — Preposition · noun common masculine plural construct · suffixHR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms