1 Samuel 16:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 16:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 16:1712 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

עֲבָדָ֑י/וʿăbādāyw

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

רְאוּrəʾw

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

נָ֣אnāʾ

I beseech theeparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

לִ֗/יliy

pron

אִ֚ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

מֵיטִ֣יבmēyṭiyb

be acceptedverbH3190

amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···

לְ/נַגֵּ֔ןlənagēn

player on instrumentspronH5059

sing to the stringed instruments · melody · ministrel · play(-er ···

וַ/הֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖םwahăbiyʾwōtem

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

אֵלָֽ/יʾēlāy

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

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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