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1 Samuel 9:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?


1 Samuel 9:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 9:2121 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan
give accountconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֲ/ל֨וֹאhălwōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בֶןben
BenjamitenounH1145
of Benjamin
יְמִינִ֤יyəmiyniy
BenjamitenounH1145
of Benjamin
אָ֨נֹכִי֙ʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
מִ/קַּטַנֵּי֙miqaṭanēy
leastpronH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
שִׁבְטֵ֣יšibəṭēy
dartnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וּ/מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ/י֙wmišəpaḥətiy
familyconjH4940
kind
הַ/צְּעִרָ֔הhaṣəʿirāh
leastparticleH6810
little · small · young(-er · -est)
מִ/כָּֽלmikāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹתmišəpəḥwōt
familynounH4940
kind
שִׁבְטֵ֣יšibəṭēy
dartnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
בִנְיָמִ֑ןbinəyāmin
BenjaminnounH1144
וְ/לָ֨/מָּה֙wəlāmāh
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
דִּבַּ֣רְתָּdibarətā
answerverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלַ֔/יʾēlay
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
כַּ/דָּבָ֖רkadābār
wordpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
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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