Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 10:12 Interlinear

of the same place answered And one and said But who is their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among the prophets

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֨עַןH6030of the same place answeredproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
2אִ֥ישׁH376And onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3מִשָּׁ֛םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
4וַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
5וּמִ֣יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
6אֲבִיהֶ֑םH1But who is their fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
7עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8כֵּן֙H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
9הָֽיְתָ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10לְמָשָׁ֔לH4912Therefore it became a proverbproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
11הֲגַ֥םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
12שָׁא֖וּלH7586Is Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
13בַּנְּבִאִֽים׃H5030also among the prophetsa prophet or (generally) inspired man

Verse Context

1 Samuel 10:11 And it came to pass when all that knew him beforetime saw...
1 Samuel 10:12 (current)of the same place answered And one and said But who is their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among the prophets
1 Samuel 10:13And when he had made an end of prophesying he came to the high place...

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