The Meaning of 1 Samuel 8:14 Explained

1 Samuel 8:14

KJV: 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.

Darby: And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he will take  your fields,  and your vineyards,  and your oliveyards,  [even] the best  [of them], and give  [them] to his servants. 

What does 1 Samuel 8:14 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 8:14 mean?

And your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves the best of he will take and give [them] to his servants
וְאֶת־ שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־ כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו

שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם  your  fields 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם  your  vineyards 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: כֶּרֶם 
Sense: vineyard.
וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם  and  your  olive  groves 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: זַיִת  
Sense: olive, olive tree.
הַטּוֹבִ֖ים  the  best 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
יִקָּ֑ח  of  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.
וְנָתַ֖ן  and  give 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַעֲבָדָֽיו  [them]  to  his  servants 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.

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