“And Samuel” | שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל | Shemuel, the name of three Israelites | Samuel |
“said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
“Hath the Lord” | לַֽיהוָה֙ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
“as great” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“delight” | הַחֵ֤פֶץ | Pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) | delight |
“in burnt offerings” | בְּעֹל֣וֹת | A step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) | burnt offerings |
“and sacrifices,” | וּזְבָחִ֔ים | Properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act) | sacrifices |
“as in obeying” | כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | obeying |
“the voice” | בְּק֣וֹל | A voice or sound | voice |
“of the Lord?” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
“Behold,” | הִנֵּ֤ה | Lo! | Behold |
“to obey” | שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | obey |
“is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“better” | ט֔וֹב | 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) | better |
“than sacrifice,” | מִזֶּ֣בַח | Properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act) | than sacrifice |
“and” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“to hearken” | לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב | To prick up the ears, i.e., hearken | hearken |
“than the fat” | מֵחֵ֥לֶב | Fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part | than fat |
“of rams.” | אֵילִֽים׃ | Properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a ram (from his strength) | rams |