Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 16:22 Interlinear

“sent And Saul to Jesse saying I pray thee stand Let David before me for he hath found favour in my sight”

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1 Samuel 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	H7971	sent	to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
2	שָׁא֔וּל	H7586	And Saul	shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
3	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
4	יִשַׁ֖י	H3448	to Jesse	jishai, david's father
5	לֵאמֹ֑ר	H559	saying	to say (used with great latitude)
6	יַֽעֲמָד	H5975	I pray thee stand	to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
7	נָ֤א	H4994		'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
8	דָוִד֙	H1732	Let David	david, the youngest son of jesse
9	לְפָנַ֔י	H6440	before	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
11	מָ֥צָא	H4672	me for he hath found	properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
12	חֵ֖ן	H2580	favour	graciousness, i.e., subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
13	בְּעֵינָֽי׃	H5869	in my sight	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

1 Samuel 16:22 (current)sent And Saul to Jesse saying I pray thee stand Let David before me for he hath found favour in my sight