1 Samuel 22:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל לַֽעֲבָדָיו֙ הַנִּצָּבִ֣ים עָלָ֔יו שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֖א בְּנֵ֣י יְמִינִ֑י גַּם־לְכֻלְּכֶ֗ם יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּן־יִשַׁי֙ שָׂד֣וֹת וּכְרָמִ֔ים לְכֻלְּכֶ֣ם יָשִׂ֔ים שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י מֵאֽוֹת

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer Šāʾûl la-ʿăbādāyw han-niṣṣābîm ʿālāyw šimʿû-nāʾ bənê Yəmînî gam-lə-kullkem yittēn ben-Yišay śādôt û-kərāmîm lə-kullkem yāśîm śārê ʾălāpîm wə-śārê mēʾôt

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*la-ʿăbādāyw*: preposition + noun mp + 3ms suffix - to his servants
*han-niṣṣābîm*: definite article + Niphal participle mp - the ones standing
*ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3ms suffix - around him
*šimʿû*: Qal imperative mp - hear
*nāʾ*: particle - please
*bənê*: noun mp construct - sons of
*Yəmînî*: proper noun - Benjamin/Benjaminites
*gam*: adverb - also
*lə-kullkem*: preposition + noun + 2mp suffix - to all of you
*yittēn*: Qal imperfect 3ms - will give
*ben*: noun ms construct - son of
*Yišay*: proper noun - Jesse
*śādôt*: noun mp - fields
*û-kərāmîm*: waw conjunction + noun mp - and vineyards
*yāśîm*: Qal imperfect 3ms - will set/appoint
*śārê*: noun mp construct - captains of
*ʾălāpîm*: noun mp - thousands
*wə-śārê*: waw conjunction + noun mp construct - and captains of
*mēʾôt*: noun fp - hundreds

Word Meanings

*niṣṣābîm*: standing/stationed/positioned
*bənê Yəmînî*: sons of Benjamin/Benjaminites
*yittēn*: will give/would give/can give
*śādôt*: fields/lands/estates
*yāśîm*: will make/will appoint/will set

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
Isa 11:1 : 1 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
Isa 11:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
1 Sam 8:11-12 : 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots; 12 and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
1 Sam 8:14-15 : 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1 Sam 18:14 : 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
1 Sam 20:27 : 27 [And it came to pass on the morrow] [after the new moon,] [which was] the second [day], that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day?
1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
1 Sam 22:9 : 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Sam 22:13 : 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Sam 25:10 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

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