1 Samuel 12:17
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3808 [e]הֲל֤וֹא
hă-lō-w
[Is] notAdv-NegPrt
7105 [e]קְצִיר־
qə-ṣîr-
the harvestN-msc
2406 [e]חִטִּים֙
ḥiṭ-ṭîm
wheatN-fp
3117 [e]הַיּ֔וֹם
hay-yō-wm,
todayArt | N-ms
7121 [e]אֶקְרָא֙
’eq-rā
I will callV-Qal-Imperf.h-1cs
413 [e]אֶל־
’el-
toPrep
3068 [e]יְהוָ֔ה
Yah-weh,
YahwehN-proper-ms
5414 [e]וְיִתֵּ֥ן
wə-yit-tên
and He will sendConj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms
6963 [e]קֹל֖וֹת
qō-lō-wṯ
thunderN-mp
4306 [e]וּמָטָ֑ר
ū-mā-ṭār;
and rainConj-w | N-ms
3045 [e]וּדְע֣וּ
ū-ḏə-‘ū
that you may perceiveConj-w | V-Qal-Imp-mp
7200 [e]וּרְא֗וּ
ū-rə-’ū,
and seeConj-w | V-Qal-Imp-mp
3588 [e]כִּֽי־
kî-
thatConj
7451 [e]רָעַתְכֶ֤ם
rā-‘aṯ-ḵem
your wickedness [is]N-fsc | 2mp
7227 [e]רַבָּה֙
rab-bāh
greatAdj-fs
834 [e]אֲשֶׁ֤ר
’ă-šer
whichPro-r
6213 [e]עֲשִׂיתֶם֙
‘ă-śî-ṯem
you have doneV-Qal-Perf-2mp
5869 [e]בְּעֵינֵ֣י
bə-‘ê-nê
in the sightPrep-b | N-cdc
3068 [e]יְהוָ֔ה
Yah-weh,
of YahwehN-proper-ms
7592 [e]לִשְׁא֥וֹל
liš-’ō-wl
in askingPrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
  לָכֶ֖ם
lā-ḵem
for yourselvesPrep | 2mp
4428 [e]מֶֽלֶךְ׃
me-leḵ.
a kingN-ms
  ס
s
-Punc





















Hebrew Texts
שמואל א 12:17 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
הֲלֹ֤וא קְצִיר־חִטִּים֙ הַיֹּ֔ום אֶקְרָא֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן קֹלֹ֖ות וּמָטָ֑ר וּדְע֣וּ וּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי־רָעַתְכֶ֤ם רַבָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִשְׁאֹ֥ול לָכֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃ ס

שמואל א 12:17 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
הלוא קציר־חטים היום אקרא אל־יהוה ויתן קלות ומטר ודעו וראו כי־רעתכם רבה אשר עשיתם בעיני יהוה לשאול לכם מלך׃ ס

שמואל א 12:17 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
הלוא קציר־חטים היום אקרא אל־יהוה ויתן קלות ומטר ודעו וראו כי־רעתכם רבה אשר עשיתם בעיני יהוה לשאול לכם מלך׃ ס

שמואל א 12:17 Hebrew Bible
הלוא קציר חטים היום אקרא אל יהוה ויתן קלות ומטר ודעו וראו כי רעתכם רבה אשר עשיתם בעיני יהוה לשאול לכם מלך׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isn't the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD and He will send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you committed in the LORD's sight by requesting a king for yourselves."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Is it In northern latitudes, thunder and rain are far from being un- common during harvest. But rain is hardly ever known in Palestine during that season, which commences about the end of June, or beginning of July. This fact is abundantly confirmed by modern travellers, and is demonstrative to every unprejudiced reader of the Holy Scriptures, that the thunder and the rain, which at Samuel's invocation, was sent at this season of the year, was a miraculous interposition of the power of God; for we read in ver.

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your wickedness
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