1 Samuel 12:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

Young's Literal Translation
is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you 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.

Hebrew
Is it not
הֲל֤וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the wheat
חִטִּים֙ (ḥiṭ·ṭîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2406: Wheat

harvest
קְצִיר־ (qə·ṣîr-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

today?
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

I will call
אֶקְרָא֙ (’eq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

on
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

to send
וְיִתֵּ֥ן (wə·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

thunder
קֹל֖וֹת (qō·lō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

and rain,
וּמָטָ֑ר (ū·mā·ṭār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4306: Rain

so that you will know
וּדְע֣וּ (ū·ḏə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

and see
וּרְא֗וּ (ū·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

what a great
רַבָּה֙ (rab·bāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

evil
רָעַתְכֶ֤ם (rā·‘aṯ·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

you have committed
עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ (‘ă·śî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

in the sight
בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

by asking
לִשְׁא֥וֹל (liš·’ō·wl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

for
לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

a king.”
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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