Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 10:12 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Samuel 10:12, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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