Hebrew Interlinear
1 Samuel 24:2 Interlinear
“took Then Saul three thousand men chosen out of all Israel to seek David men upon the rocks of the wild goats”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּקַּ֣ח | H3947 | took | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 2 | שָׁא֗וּל | H7586 | Then Saul | shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites |
| 3 | שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת | H7969 | three | three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice |
| 4 | אֲלָפִ֛ים | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 5 | וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו | H376 | men | a 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) |
| 6 | בָּח֖וּר | H977 | chosen | properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select |
| 7 | מִכָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 8 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | H3478 | out of all Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 9 | וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | H1980 | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | |
| 10 | לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ | H1245 | to seek | to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after |
| 11 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 12 | דָּוִד֙ | H1732 | David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 13 | וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו | H376 | men | a 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) |
| 14 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 15 | פְּנֵ֖י | H6440 | upon | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 16 | צוּרֵ֥י | H6697 | the rocks | properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous) |
| 17 | הַיְּעֵלִֽים׃ | H3277 | of the wild goats | an ibex (as climbing) |
Verse Context
1 Samuel 24:1 was returned And it came to pass when Saul from following the Philistines...
1 Samuel 24:2 (current)took Then Saul three thousand men chosen out of all Israel to seek David men upon the rocks of the wild goats
1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheepcotes by the way...