1 Samuel 13:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.”

1 Samuel 13:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 13:225 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּבְחַרwayibəḥar

acceptableconjH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

ל֨/וֹlwō

pron

שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתšəlōšet

thirdadjH7969

fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···

אֲלָפִים֮ʾălāpiym

thousandadjH505

מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵל֒miyiśərāʾēl

IsraelpronH3478

וַ/יִּהְי֨וּwayihəyw

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עִםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

אַלְפַּ֗יִםʾaləpayim

thousandadjH505

בְּ/מִכְמָשׂ֙bəmikəmāś

MikmaspronH4363

Mikmash

וּ/בְ/הַ֣רwbəhar

hillconjH2022

mount · promotion

בֵּֽיתbēyt

Beth-elnounH1008

אֵ֔לʾēl

Beth-elnounH1008

וְ/אֶ֗לֶףwəʾelep

thousandconjH505

הָיוּ֙hāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עִםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

י֣וֹנָתָ֔ןywōnātān

JonathannounH3129

בְּ/גִבְעַ֖תbəgibəʿat

GibeahpronH1390

the hill

בִּנְיָמִ֑יןbinəyāmiyn

BenjaminnounH1144

וְ/יֶ֣תֶרwəyeter

cordconjH3499

abundant · exceeding · excellancy · what they leave ···

הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

שִׁלַּ֖חšilaḥ

appointverbH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

אִ֥ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/וləʾōhālāyw

coveringpronH168

home · tabernacle · tent

ℹWords 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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