1 Samuel 10:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֨ח שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶת־פַּ֥ךְ הַשֶּׁ֛מֶן וַיִּצֹ֥ק עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וַיִּשָּׁקֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֲל֗וֹא כִּֽי־מְשָׁחֲךָ֧ יְהוָ֛ה עַל־נַחֲלָת֖וֹ לְנָגִֽיד׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqqaḥ Šəmûʾēl ʾeṯ-pak haššemen wə-yiṣōq upon-rōʾšô wə-yiššāqēhû wə-yōʾmer is not that-məšāḥăḵā YHWH upon-naḥălātô for-nāḡîḏ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqqaḥ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he took
• *Šəmûʾēl*: proper noun, singular - Samuel
• *ʾeṯ-pak*: direct object marker with noun, construct state - flask of
• *haššemen*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the oil
• *wə-yiṣōq*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he poured
• *rōʾšô*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head
• *wə-yiššāqēhû*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he kissed him
• *wə-yōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
• *məšāḥăḵā*: perfect, 3rd singular masculine with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he has anointed you
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *naḥălātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inheritance
• *nāḡîḏ*: noun, masculine singular - leader/ruler/prince

Word Meanings

• *pak*: flask/vial/container
• *šemen*: oil/ointment
• *məšāḥăḵā*: anointed you/appointed you by anointing
• *naḥălātô*: his inheritance/his possession/his people
• *nāḡîḏ*: leader/prince/commander/ruler

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Ps 78:71 : 71 From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
• Deut 32:9 : 9 For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
• 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
• 1 Sam 13:14 : 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Josh 5:14-15 : 14 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? 15 And the prince of Jehovah's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
• 1 Sam 2:10 : 10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
• 1 Sam 8:9 : 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
• 1 Sam 8:19 : 19 But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,
• Ps 135:4 : 4 For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
• Hos 13:2 : 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
• Acts 13:21 : 21 And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
• 1 Thess 5:26 : 26 Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
• 1 Sam 24:6 : 6 And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah's anointed.
• 1 Sam 26:11 : 11 Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
• 2 Sam 5:2 : 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
• 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
• 1 Kgs 19:18 : 18 Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
• 2 Kgs 9:1 : 1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
• 2 Kgs 9:3-6 : 3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah, even over Israel.
• 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah.