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"
}
}