1 Samuel 10:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him along all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֗ם הַרְּאִיתֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּֽחַר־בּ֣וֹ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין כָּמֹ֖הוּ בְּכָל־הָעָ֑ם וַיָּרִ֧עוּ כָל־הָעָ֛ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ יְחִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Transliteration

way-yōʾmer šəmûʾēl to-all-the-ʿām hărəʾîṯem whom bāḥar-bô YHWH for ʾên like-him in-all-the-ʿām? way-yārîʿû all-the-ʿām way-yōʾmərû yəḥî the-meleḵ.

Grammar Details

*way-yōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
*šəmûʾēl*: proper noun - Samuel
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*hărəʾîṯem*: perfect, 2nd plural masculine - have you seen
*bāḥar-bô*: perfect, 3rd singular masculine with preposition and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - has chosen him
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*way-yārîʿû*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural masculine hiphil - and they shouted
*way-yōʾmərû*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they said
*yəḥî*: jussive, 3rd singular masculine - may he live
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular - king

Word Meanings

*yārîʿû*: shouted/cheered/made acclamation
*yəḥî*: long live/may he live

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 21:6 : 6 let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.
1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
1 Kgs 1:39 : 39 And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [Long] live king Solomon.
Deut 17:15 : 15 thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.
2 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, [Long] live the king.
Matt 21:9 : 9 And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
1 Kgs 1:34 : 34 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye the trumpet, and say, [Long] live king Solomon.
1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

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