1 Samuel 9:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.”

1 Samuel 9:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 9:1714 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/שְׁמוּאֵ֖לwšəmwʾēl

SamuelconjH8050

Shemuel

רָאָ֣הrāʾāh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שָׁא֑וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

וַ/יהוָ֣הwayhwāh

LORDconjH3068

the Lord. Compare

עָנָ֔/הוּʿānāhw

give accountverbH6030

afflict (by mistake for

הִנֵּ֤הhinēh

beholdparticleH2009

lo · see

הָ/אִישׁ֙hāʾiyš

manparticleH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אָמַ֣רְתִּיʾāmarətiy

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֵלֶ֔י/ךָʾēleykā

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

זֶ֖הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

יַעְצֹ֥רyaʿəṣōr

close upverbH6113

be able · detain · fast · keep (self close ···

בְּ/עַמִּֽ/יbəʿamiy

peoplepronH5971

men · nation · people

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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