1 Samuel 11:7
{ "verseID": "1 Samuel.11.7", "source": "וַיִּקַּח֩ צֶ֨מֶד בָּקָ֜ר וַֽיְנַתְּחֵ֗הוּ וַיְשַׁלַּ֞ח בְּכָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ בְּיַ֣ד הַמַּלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹר֒ אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵינֶ֨נּוּ יֹצֵ֜א אַחֲרֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ וְאַחַ֣ר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כֹּ֥ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לִבְקָר֑וֹ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל פַּֽחַד־יְהוָה֙ עַל־הָעָ֔ם וַיֵּצְא֖וּ כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָֽד", "text": "And *wayyiqqaḥ* *ṣemed* *bāqār* and *wayənatṭəḥēhû* and *wayəšallaḥ* in all *gəbûl* *yiśrāʾēl* by *yad* the *hammalʾākîm* *lēʾmōr* who *ʾênennû* *yōṣēʾ* after *šāʾûl* and after *šəmûʾēl* thus *yēʿāśeh* to his *libqārô* and *wayyippōl* *paḥad-yhwh* on the *hāʿām* and *wayyēṣəʾû* like *kəʾîš* one", "grammar": { "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he took", "*ṣemed*": "noun, masculine singular construct - pair of/yoke of", "*bāqār*": "noun, masculine singular - oxen", "*wayənatṭəḥēhû*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he cut it in pieces", "*wayəšallaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent", "*gəbûl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - territory of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*yad*": "noun, feminine singular construct - hand of", "*hammalʾākîm*": "article + noun, masculine plural - the messengers", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say", "*ʾênennû*": "particle of negation + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he is not", "*yōṣēʾ*": "Qal participle masculine singular - going out", "*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul", "*šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel", "*yēʿāśeh*": "Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be done", "*libqārô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his cattle", "*wayyippōl*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it fell", "*paḥad-yhwh*": "noun, masculine singular construct + divine name - fear of YHWH", "*hāʿām*": "article + noun, masculine singular - the people", "*wayyēṣəʾû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out", "*kəʾîš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a man" }, "variants": { "*ṣemed bāqār*": "yoke of oxen/pair of oxen", "*nātaḥ*": "cut in pieces/dismember/divide", "*paḥad-yhwh*": "fear of YHWH/dread from God/terror of the LORD", "*kəʾîš ʾeḥād*": "as one man (idiom for unanimously/together)" } }