{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.21",
"source": "וַיַּ֨עַן שָׁא֜וּל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲל֨וֹא בֶן־יְמִינִ֤י אָנֹ֙כִי֙ מִקַּטַנֵּי֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ הַצְּעִרָ֔ה מִכָּֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת שִׁבְטֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלָ֙מָּה֙ דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ אֵלַ֔י כַּדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃ ס",
"text": "And *wayyaʿan* *šāʾûl* and *wayyōʾmer*: *hălôʾ* *ben*-*yəmînî* *ʾānōḵî* from-*miqqaṭannê* *šiḇṭê* *yiśrāʾēl*, and *ûmišpaḥtî* *haṣṣəʿîrāh* from-all-*mišpəḥôṯ* *šiḇṭê* *ḇinyāmîn*? And-why *dibbartā* to-me as-*kaddāḇār* *hazzeh*?",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaʿan*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he answered",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said",
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - am I not?",
"*ben*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - son of",
"*yəmînî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - Benjamite",
"*ʾānōḵî*": "pronoun, 1st singular - I",
"*miqqaṭannê*": "preposition + adjective, masculine plural construct - from the smallest of",
"*šiḇṭê*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct - tribes of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*ûmišpaḥtî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular + 1st singular suffix - and my family",
"*haṣṣəʿîrāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular with definite article - the least/youngest",
"*mišpəḥôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural, construct - families of",
"*šiḇṭê*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct - tribes of",
"*ḇinyāmîn*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*dibbartā*": "Piel perfect, 2nd singular masculine - you have spoken",
"*kaddāḇār*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - like the word",
"*hazzeh*": "demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this"
},
"variants": {
"*ben*-*yəmînî*": "Benjamite/son of Yemini/from Benjamin",
"*miqqaṭannê*": "from the smallest of/from the least of/from the most insignificant of",
"*haṣṣəʿîrāh*": "the least/the youngest/the smallest/the most insignificant"
}
}