1 {
"verseID": "1_Samuel.16.1",
"source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל עַד־מָתַי֙ אַתָּה֙ מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וַאֲנִ֣י מְאַסְתִּ֔יו מִמְּלֹ֖ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מַלֵּ֨א קַרְנְךָ֜ שֶׁ֗מֶן וְלֵ֤ךְ אֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֙ אֶל־יִשַׁ֣י בֵּֽית־הַלַּחְמִ֔י כִּֽי־רָאִ֧יתִי בְּבָנָ֛יו לִ֖י מֶֽלֶךְ׃",
"text": "And *wə-yōʾmer* *Yəhwāh* to *Šəmûʾēl*, \"until when you *mitʾabbēl* for *Šāʾûl*, and I have *māʾastî* him from *mimmə̆lōḵ* over *Yiśrāʾēl*? Fill your *qarnəḵā* *šemen* and *wə-lēḵ* I will *ʾešlāḥăḵā* you to *Yišay* *bêt-hallaḥmî*, for I have *rāʾîtî* among his sons for me *meleḵ*.\"",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Yəhwāh*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD/YHWH",
"*Šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel",
"*mitʾabbēl*": "Hithpael participle, masculine singular - mourning/grieving",
"*Šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul",
"*māʾastî*": "Qal perfect, 1st singular - I have rejected",
"*mimmə̆lōḵ*": "preposition min + Qal infinitive construct - from reigning/being king",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*qarnəḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your horn",
"*šemen*": "noun, masculine singular - oil",
"*wə-lēḵ*": "waw conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and go",
"*ʾešlāḥăḵā*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will send you",
"*Yišay*": "proper noun - Jesse",
"*bêt-hallaḥmî*": "construct phrase - Bethlehemite (lit. 'house of the Bethlehemite')",
"*rāʾîtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st singular - I have seen/provided",
"*meleḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - king"
},
"variants": {
"*mitʾabbēl*": "mourning/grieving/lamenting",
"*māʾastî*": "rejected/refused/despised",
"*qarnəḵā*": "your horn/vessel/strength",
"*šemen*": "oil/anointing oil/fat",
"*rāʾîtî*": "seen/provided/selected"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "1_Samuel.16.2",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֵ֣יךְ אֵלֵ֔ךְ וְשָׁמַ֥ע שָׁא֖וּל וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי ס וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה עֶגְלַ֤ת בָּקָר֙ תִּקַּ֣ח בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ לִזְבֹּ֥חַ לַֽיהוָ֖ה בָּֽאתִי׃",
"text": "And *wə-yōʾmer* *Šəmûʾēl*, \"How shall I *ʾēlēḵ*? If *wə-šāmaʿ* *Šāʾûl* then he will *wə-hărāgānî*.\" And *wə-yōʾmer* *Yəhwāh*, \"*ʿeglat bāqār* *tiqqaḥ* in your hand, and you shall *wə-ʾāmartā*, 'For *lizbōaḥ* to *Yəhwāh* I have come.'\"",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel",
"*ʾēlēḵ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will go",
"*wə-šāmaʿ*": "waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and [if] he hears",
"*Šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul",
"*wə-hărāgānî*": "waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - and he will kill me",
"*Yəhwāh*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD/YHWH",
"*ʿeglat bāqār*": "construct phrase, feminine - heifer of cattle/young cow",
"*tiqqaḥ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall take",
"*wə-ʾāmartā*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall say",
"*lizbōaḥ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to sacrifice",
"*Yəhwāh*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD/YHWH"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿeglat bāqār*": "heifer/young cow/calf",
"*lizbōaḥ*": "to sacrifice/to slaughter/to offer"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "1_Samuel.16.3",
"source": "וְקָרָ֥אתָ לְיִשַׁ֖י בַּזָּ֑בַח וְאָֽנֹכִ֗י אוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶֽׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ לִ֔י אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־אֹמַ֖ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "And *wə-qārāʾtā* *lə-Yišay* to the *bazzābaḥ*, and *wə-ʾānōḵî* *ʾôdîʿăḵā* what you shall *taʿăśeh*, and you shall *û-māšaḥtā* for me whom I *ʾōmar* to you.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-qārāʾtā*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall call/invite",
"*lə-Yišay*": "preposition + proper noun - to Jesse",
"*bazzābaḥ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the sacrifice",
"*wə-ʾānōḵî*": "waw conjunction + 1st person singular independent pronoun - and I",
"*ʾôdîʿăḵā*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will make known to you",
"*taʿăśeh*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall do",
"*û-māšaḥtā*": "waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall anoint",
"*ʾōmar*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I say/tell"
},
"variants": {
"*qārāʾtā*": "call/invite/summon",
"*ʾôdîʿăḵā*": "make known/inform/reveal",
"*māšaḥtā*": "anoint/consecrate/designate"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "1_Samuel.16.4",
"source": "וַיַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּ זִקְנֵ֤י הָעִיר֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שָׁלֹ֥ם בּוֹאֶֽךָ׃",
"text": "And *wə-yaʿaś* *Šəmûʾēl* what *dibber* *Yəhwāh*, and he *wə-yābōʾ* *bêt lāḥem*. And *wə-yeḥerdû* the *ziqnê hāʿîr* at his *liqrāʾtô*, and they *wə-yōʾmer*, \"Is *šālōm* your *bôʾeḵā*?\"",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaʿaś*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he did",
"*Šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel",
"*dibber*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke/commanded",
"*Yəhwāh*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD/YHWH",
"*wə-yābōʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came",
"*bêt lāḥem*": "construct phrase - Bethlehem (lit. 'house of bread')",
"*wə-yeḥerdû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they trembled",
"*ziqnê hāʿîr*": "construct phrase - elders of the city",
"*liqrāʾtô*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to meet him",
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he/they said",
"*šālōm*": "noun, masculine singular - peace",
"*bôʾeḵā*": "Qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your coming"
},
"variants": {
"*yeḥerdû*": "trembled/were afraid/were anxious",
"*šālōm*": "peace/well-being/peaceful",
"*ziqnê*": "elders/old men/leaders"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "1_Samuel.16.5",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ שָׁל֗וֹם לִזְבֹּ֤חַ לַֽיהוָה֙ בָּ֔אתִי הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ וּבָאתֶ֥ם אִתִּ֖י בַּזָּ֑בַח וַיְקַדֵּ֤שׁ אֶת־יִשַׁי֙ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֔יו וַיִּקְרָ֥א לָהֶ֖ם לַזָּֽבַח׃",
"text": "And he *wə-yōʾmer*, \"*šālôm*. To *lizbōaḥ* to *Yəhwāh* I have come. *hitqaddəšû* and *û-bāʾtem* with me to the *bazzābaḥ*.\" And he *wə-yəqaddēš* *Yišay* and his sons, and he *wə-yiqrāʾ* them to the *lazzābaḥ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*šālôm*": "noun, masculine singular - peace",
"*lizbōaḥ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to sacrifice",
"*Yəhwāh*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD/YHWH",
"*hitqaddəšû*": "Hithpael imperative, masculine plural - consecrate yourselves",
"*û-bāʾtem*": "waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and [you will] come",
"*bazzābaḥ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the sacrifice",
"*wə-yəqaddēš*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he consecrated",
"*Yišay*": "proper noun - Jesse",
"*wə-yiqrāʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he invited",
"*lazzābaḥ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the sacrifice"
},
"variants": {
"*šālôm*": "peace/well-being/peaceful",
"*hitqaddəšû*": "consecrate yourselves/purify yourselves/sanctify yourselves",
"*yəqaddēš*": "consecrated/sanctified/purified"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "1_Samuel.16.6",
"source": "וַיְהִ֣י בְּבוֹאָ֔ם וַיַּ֖רְא אֶת־אֱלִיאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אַ֛ךְ נֶ֥גֶד יְהוָ֖ה מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃",
"text": "And it *wə-yəhî* at their *bəbôʾām*, and he *wə-yarʾ* *ʾĔlîʾāb*, and he *wə-yōʾmer*, \"Surely before *Yəhwāh* is his *məšîḥô*.\"",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass",
"*bəbôʾām*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - when they came",
"*wə-yarʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw",
"*ʾĔlîʾāb*": "proper noun - Eliab",
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Yəhwāh*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD/YHWH",
"*məšîḥô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anointed"
},
"variants": {
"*məšîḥô*": "his anointed/his appointed one/his chosen one"
}
}