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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיַּ֨עַן | H6030 | answered | properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, |
| 2 | שָׁא֜וּל | H7586 | And Saul | shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites |
| 3 | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | H559 | and said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 4 | הֲל֨וֹא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 5 | בֶן | H0 | ||
| 6 | יְמִינִ֤י | H1145 | Am not I a Benjamite | a benjaminite, or descendent of benjamin |
| 7 | אָ֙נֹכִי֙ | H595 | i | |
| 8 | מִקַּטַנֵּי֙ | H6996 | of the smallest | abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) |
| 9 | שִׁבְטֵ֣י | H7626 | of the tribe | a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan |
| 10 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 11 | מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת | H4940 | and my family | a 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 |
| 12 | הַצְּעִרָ֔ה | H6810 | the least | little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble |
| 13 | מִכָּֽל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 14 | מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת | H4940 | and my family | a 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 |
| 15 | שִׁבְטֵ֣י | H7626 | of the tribe | a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan |
| 16 | בִנְיָמִ֑ן | H1144 | of Benjamin | binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory |
| 17 | וְלָ֙מָּה֙ | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 18 | דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ | H1696 | wherefore then speakest | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
| 19 | אֵלַ֔י | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 20 | כַּדָּבָ֖ר | H1697 | thou so | a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause |
| 21 | הַזֶּֽה׃ | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that |
Verse Context
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