The Meaning of 1 Samuel 8:16 Explained

1 Samuel 8:16

KJV: And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

YLT: And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men -- the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;

Darby: And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.

ASV: And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 8:16?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 8:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 8:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Samuel 8:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he will take  your menservants,  and your maidservants,  and your goodliest  young men,  and your asses,  and put  [them] to his work. 

What does 1 Samuel 8:16 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 8:10-22 - Rejecting The Prophet's Warning
The people had entreated Samuel to cry unto God in their behalf; and now we see him going to and fro between the people and God, as a true mediator and intercessor. "He told all the words of the Lord unto the people," 1 Samuel 8:10; and, "He rehearsed all the words of the people in the ears of the Lord," 1 Samuel 8:21. See also 1 Samuel 8:22. Samuel is fitly described in the Psalter as one who called upon God's name, Psalms 99:6. How much we may influence the life of a nation or of an individual if we will only pray with persistent and believing earnestness! We cannot dispense with our statesmen, but our prophets-the Samuels and the Elijahs-are the most efficient chariots and horsemen of protection, 2 Kings 2:12.
The people could not answer Samuel's grave and graphic words. They contented themselves with repeating their request, and soon they learned the bitterness of imposing their own will upon God. They would have a king, and God gave them their hearts' desire, but see Psalms 106:15. When Samuel had received God's reply, he set himself, with all his power, to further the matter, at all cost to himself. We are reminded of that noble reply of the Baptist in John 3:31. God's will ever first and supreme! [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 8

1  By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king
6  Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God
10  He tells the manner of a king
19  God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 8:16 mean?

And your menservants and your maidservants your young men finest your donkeys he will take and put [them] to his work
וְאֶת־ עַבְדֵיכֶם֩ וְֽאֶת־ שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧ם הַטּוֹבִ֛ים חֲמוֹרֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח וְעָשָׂ֖ה לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ

עַבְדֵיכֶם֩  your  menservants 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם  your  maidservants 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: שִׁפְחָה  
Sense: maid, maid-servant, slavegirl.
בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧ם  your  young  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
הַטּוֹבִ֛ים  finest 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
חֲמוֹרֵיכֶ֖ם  your  donkeys 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חֲמֹור 
Sense: (he)ass.
יִקָּ֑ח  he  will  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
וְעָשָׂ֖ה  and  put  [them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ  to  his  work 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.

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