1 Samuel 8:17
Strong's Lexicon
He will take a tenth
יַעְשֹׂ֑ר (ya‘·śōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6237: 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

of your flocks,
צֹאנְכֶ֖ם (ṣō·nə·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6629: 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

and you yourselves
וְאַתֶּ֖ם (wə·’at·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)

will become
תִּֽהְיוּ־ (tih·yū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

his
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

slaves.
לַעֲבָדִֽים׃ (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5650: 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)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

Young's Literal Translation
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.

New American Standard Bible
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.

King James Bible
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

New Living Translation
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.

English Standard Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.

New American Standard Bible
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.

King James Bible
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.

International Standard Version
He will take a tenth of your flock, and you will become his servants.

NET Bible
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.

American Standard Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

English Revised Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

Young's Literal Translation
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

1 Samuel 17:8
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

1 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.

1 Samuel 8:19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel 8:20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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