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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקַּ֣חH3947tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
2שָׁא֗וּלH7586Then Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
3שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתH7969threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
4אֲלָפִ֛יםH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
5וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוH376mena 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)
6בָּח֖וּרH977chosenproperly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
7מִכָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
8יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478out of all Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
9וַיֵּ֗לֶךְH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
10לְבַקֵּ֤שׁH1245to seekto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
11אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12דָּוִד֙H1732Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
13וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוH376mena 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)
14עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
15פְּנֵ֖יH6440uponthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
16צוּרֵ֥יH6697the rocksproperly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
17הַיְּעֵלִֽים׃H3277of the wild goatsan 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...

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