Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 9:25 Interlinear

“And when they were come down from the high place into the city Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house”

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1 Samuel 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֵּֽרְד֥וּ	H3381	And when they were come down	to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
2	מֵֽהַבָּמָ֖ה	H1116	from the high place	an elevation
3	הָעִ֑יר	H5892	into the city	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
4	וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר	H1696	Samuel communed	perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
5	עִם	H5973		adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
6	שָׁא֖וּל	H7586	with Saul	shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
7	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	הַגָּֽג׃	H1406	upon the top of the house	a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

1 Samuel 9:25 (current)And when they were come down from the high place into the city Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house