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1 Samuel 9:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?


1 Samuel 9:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 9:719 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
לְ/נַעֲר֗/וֹlənaʿărwō
to servant hispronH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
וְ/הִנֵּ֣הwəhinēh
and here!conjH2009
lo · see
נֵלֵךְ֮nēlēkə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וּ/מַהwmah
and what?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נָּבִ֣יאnābiyʾ
will we bringverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
לָ/אִישׁ֒lāʾiyš
to the manpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ/לֶּ֨חֶם֙haleḥem
the breadparticleH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
אָזַ֣לʾāzal
it has been used upverbH235
gad about · go to and fro (but in Ezekiel 27:19 the word is rendered by many 'from Uzal · ' by others 'yarn') · be gone
מִ/כֵּלֵ֔י/נוּmikēlēynw
from bags ourpronH3627
artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···
וּ/תְשׁוּרָ֥הwtəšwrāh
and is a giftconjH8670
אֵיןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לְ/הָבִ֖יאləhābiyʾ
to bringpronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
לְ/אִ֣ישׁləʾiyš
to the man ofpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מָ֖הmāh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אִתָּֽ/נוּʾitānw
is with uspronH854
among · before · by · for ···
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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There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid...
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