Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 9:21 Interlinear

answered And Saul and said Am not I a Benjamite of the smallest of the tribe of Israel and my family the least and my family of the tribe of Benjamin wherefore then speakest thou so

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֨עַןH6030answeredproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
2שָׁא֜וּלH7586And Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
3וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
4הֲל֨וֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5בֶןH0
6יְמִינִ֤יH1145Am not I a Benjamitea benjaminite, or descendent of benjamin
7אָ֙נֹכִי֙H595i
8מִקַּטַנֵּי֙H6996of the smallestabbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
9שִׁבְטֵ֣יH7626of the tribea scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
10יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
11מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹתH4940and my familya family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
12הַצְּעִרָ֔הH6810the leastlittle; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
13מִכָּֽלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹתH4940and my familya family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
15שִׁבְטֵ֣יH7626of the tribea scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
16בִנְיָמִ֑ןH1144of Benjaminbinjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
17וְלָ֙מָּה֙H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
18דִּבַּ֣רְתָּH1696wherefore then speakestperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
19אֵלַ֔יH413near, with or among; often in general, to
20כַּדָּבָ֖רH1697thou soa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
21הַזֶּֽה׃H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Verse Context

1 Samuel 9:20And as for thine asses that were lost ago three ago...
1 Samuel 9:21 (current)answered And Saul and said Am not I a Benjamite of the smallest of the tribe of Israel and my family the least and my family of the tribe of Benjamin wherefore then speakest thou so
1 Samuel 9:22took And Samuel Saul and his servant...

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