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1 Samuel 10:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?


1 Samuel 10:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 10:1213 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan
give accountconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אִ֥ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִ/שָּׁ֛םmišām
in itpronH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
וּ/מִ֣יwmiy
anyconjH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
אֲבִי/הֶ֑םʾăbiyhem
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּן֙kēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
הָיְתָ֣הhāyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/מָשָׁ֔לləmāšāl
bywordpronH4912
like · parable · proverb
הֲ/גַ֥םhăgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
בַּ/נְּבִאִֽיםbanəbiʾiym
prophecypronH5030
that prophesy · prophet
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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