Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 9:2 Interlinear

And he had a son whose name was Saul a choice young man a goodlier person And he had a son of Israel a goodlier than he from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְלֽוֹH0
2הָיָ֨הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3מִבְּנֵ֥יH1121And he had a sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4וּשְׁמ֤וֹH8034whose namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
5שָׁאוּל֙H7586was Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
6בָּח֣וּרH970a choice young manproperly, selected, i.e., a youth (often collective)
7ט֣וֹבH2896a goodliergood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
8וְאֵ֥יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
9אִ֛ישׁH376persona 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)
10מִבְּנֵ֥יH1121And he had a sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
11יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
12ט֣וֹבH2896a goodliergood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
13מִמֶּ֑נּוּH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
14מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹH7926than he from his shouldersthe neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
15וָמַ֔עְלָהH4605and upwardproperly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
16גָּבֹ֖הַּH1364he was higherelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
17מִכָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
18הָעָֽם׃H5971than any of the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Verse Context

1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish...
1 Samuel 9:2 (current) And he had a son whose name was Saul a choice young man a goodlier person And he had a son of Israel a goodlier than he from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people
1 Samuel 9:3were lost And the asses And Kish father Saul's said...

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