14{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.14",
"source": "וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ הָעִ֑יר הֵ֗מָּה בָּאִים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֔יר וְהִנֵּ֤ה שְׁמוּאֵל֙ יֹצֵ֣א לִקְרָאתָ֔ם לַעֲל֖וֹת הַבָּמָֽה׃ ס",
"text": "And *wayyaʿălû* *hāʿîr*; *hēmmāh bāʾîm* in-*bəṯôḵ* *hāʿîr* and-*wəhinnēh* *šəmûʾēl* *yōṣēʾ* to-*liqrāʾṯām* to-*laʿălôṯ* *habbāmāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaʿălû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they went up",
"*hāʿîr*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the city",
"*hēmmāh*": "pronoun, 3rd plural masculine - they",
"*bāʾîm*": "Qal participle, masculine plural - coming/entering",
"*bəṯôḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - in the midst of",
"*wəhinnēh*": "conjunction + interjection - and behold",
"*šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel",
"*yōṣēʾ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - going out/coming out",
"*liqrāʾṯām*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to meet them",
"*laʿălôṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go up",
"*habbāmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the high place"
},
"variants": {
"*bəṯôḵ*": "in the midst of/within/in the center of",
"*yōṣēʾ*": "going out/coming out/exiting",
"*liqrāʾṯām*": "to meet them/to encounter them/to greet them",
"*laʿălôṯ*": "to go up/to ascend/to climb"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.15",
"source": "וַֽיהוָ֔ה גָּלָ֖ה אֶת־אֹ֣זֶן שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד לִפְנֵ֥י בֽוֹא־שָׁא֖וּל לֵאמֹֽר׃",
"text": "And *wayhwāh* *gālāh* *ʾeṯ*-*ʾōzen* *šəmûʾēl* *yôm* *ʾeḥāḏ* before *bôʾ*-*šāʾûl* *lēʾmōr*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayhwāh*": "conjunction + proper noun - and YHWH/the LORD",
"*gālāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he revealed/uncovered",
"*ʾōzen*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - ear of",
"*šəmûʾēl*": "proper noun - Samuel",
"*yôm*": "noun, masculine, singular - day",
"*ʾeḥāḏ*": "numeral, masculine singular - one",
"*bôʾ*": "Qal infinitive construct - coming of",
"*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying"
},
"variants": {
"*gālāh* *ʾeṯ*-*ʾōzen*": "revealed to/uncovered the ear of/disclosed to/informed",
"*yôm* *ʾeḥāḏ* before": "one day before/a day before"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.16",
"source": "כָּעֵ֣ת ׀ מָחָ֡ר אֶשְׁלַח֩ אֵלֶ֨יךָ אִ֜ישׁ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֗ן וּמְשַׁחְתּ֤וֹ לְנָגִיד֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶת־עַמִּ֖י מִיַּ֣ד פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כִּ֤י רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י כִּ֛י בָּ֥אָה צַעֲקָת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃",
"text": "At-*kāʿēṯ* *māḥār* *ʾešlaḥ* to-you *îš* from-*ʾereṣ* *binyāmîn* and *ûməšaḥtô* for-*lənāḡîḏ* over-*ʿammî* *yiśrāʾēl*, and *wəhôšîaʿ* *ʾeṯ*-*ʿammî* from-*miyyaḏ* *pəlišətîm*; for *rāʾîṯî* *ʾeṯ*-*ʿammî* for *bāʾāh* *ṣaʿăqāṯô* to-me.",
"grammar": {
"*kāʿēṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular - at the time of",
"*māḥār*": "adverb - tomorrow",
"*ʾešlaḥ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will send",
"*îš*": "noun, masculine, singular - man",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - land of",
"*binyāmîn*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*ûməšaḥtô*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd singular masculine + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and you shall anoint him",
"*lənāḡîḏ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - for leader/prince",
"*ʿammî*": "noun, masculine, singular + 1st singular suffix - my people",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*wəhôšîaʿ*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he will save",
"*miyyaḏ*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular, construct - from hand of",
"*pəlišətîm*": "proper noun, plural - Philistines",
"*rāʾîṯî*": "Qal perfect, 1st singular - I have seen",
"*bāʾāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - it has come",
"*ṣaʿăqāṯô*": "noun, feminine, singular + 3rd singular masculine suffix - his cry"
},
"variants": {
"*kāʿēṯ* *māḥār*": "about this time tomorrow/tomorrow by this time",
"*nāḡîḏ*": "ruler/leader/prince/commander",
"*wəhôšîaʿ*": "he will save/he will deliver/he will rescue",
"*miyyaḏ*": "from the hand of/from the power of/from",
"*ṣaʿăqāṯô*": "his cry/his outcry/his call for help"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.17",
"source": "וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל רָאָ֣ה אֶת־שָׁא֑וּל וַיהוָ֣ה עָנָ֔הוּ הִנֵּ֤ה הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֣רְתִּי אֵלֶ֔יךָ זֶ֖ה יַעְצֹ֥ר בְּעַמִּֽי׃",
"text": "And *ûšəmûʾēl* *rāʾāh* *ʾeṯ*-*šāʾûl* and *wayhwāh* *ʿānāhû* *hinnēh* *hāʾîš* whom *ʾāmartî* to-you, this *yaʿṣōr* in-*bəʿammî*.",
"grammar": {
"*ûšəmûʾēl*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Samuel",
"*rāʾāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he saw",
"*wayhwāh*": "conjunction + proper noun - and YHWH/the LORD",
"*ʿānāhû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine + 3rd singular masculine suffix - he answered him",
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look",
"*hāʾîš*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the man",
"*ʾāmartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st singular - I spoke/said",
"*yaʿṣōr*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - he will restrain/rule",
"*bəʿammî*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 1st singular suffix - over my people"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿānāhû*": "answered him/responded to him/told him",
"*yaʿṣōr*": "will rule/will restrain/will govern/will have authority over"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.18",
"source": "וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵי־זֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית הָרֹאֶֽה׃",
"text": "And *wayyiggaš* *šāʾûl* *ʾeṯ*-*šəmûʾēl* in-*bəṯôḵ* *haššāʿar* and *wayyōʾmer* *haggîḏāh*-*nāʾ* to-me where-this *bêṯ* *hārōʾeh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiggaš*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he approached",
"*bəṯôḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - in the midst of",
"*haššāʿar*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the gate",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said",
"*haggîḏāh*": "Hiphil imperative, 2nd singular masculine + paragogic he - tell",
"*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now",
"*bêṯ*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - house of",
"*hārōʾeh*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the seer"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiggaš*": "approached/came near to/drew near to",
"*bəṯôḵ*": "in the midst of/within/in",
"*haggîḏāh*": "tell/inform/show"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.19",
"source": "וַיַּ֨עַן שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶת־שָׁא֗וּל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אָנֹכִ֣י הָרֹאֶ֔ה עֲלֵ֤ה לְפָנַי֙ הַבָּמָ֔ה וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם עִמִּ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣יךָ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ אַגִּ֥יד לָֽךְ׃",
"text": "And *wayyaʿan* *šəmûʾēl* *ʾeṯ*-*šāʾûl* and *wayyōʾmer*: *ʾānōḵî* *hārōʾeh*; *ʿălēh* before-me *habbāmāh* and *waʾăḵaltem* with-me *hayyôm*; and *wəšillaḥtîḵā* in-*babbōqer* and-all that in-*bilḇāḇəḵā* *ʾaggîḏ* to-you.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaʿan*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he answered",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said",
"*ʾānōḵî*": "pronoun, 1st singular - I",
"*hārōʾeh*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the seer",
"*ʿălēh*": "Qal imperative, 2nd singular masculine - go up",
"*habbāmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the high place",
"*waʾăḵaltem*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd plural masculine - and you shall eat",
"*hayyôm*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the day/today",
"*wəšillaḥtîḵā*": "conjunction + Piel perfect, 1st singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will send you away",
"*babbōqer*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular with definite article - in the morning",
"*bilḇāḇəḵā*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your heart",
"*ʾaggîḏ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - I will tell"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿălēh*": "go up/ascend/rise",
"*wəšillaḥtîḵā*": "I will send you away/I will let you go/I will dismiss you",
"*bilḇāḇəḵā*": "in your heart/in your mind/in your thoughts",
"*ʾaggîḏ*": "I will tell/I will declare/I will reveal"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.20",
"source": "וְלָאֲתֹנ֞וֹת הָאֹבְד֣וֹת לְךָ֗ הַיּוֹם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת הַיָּמִ֔ים אַל־תָּ֧שֶׂם אֶֽת־לִבְּךָ֛ לָהֶ֖ם כִּ֣י נִמְצָ֑אוּ וּלְמִי֙ כָּל־חֶמְדַּ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲל֣וֹא לְךָ֔ וּלְכֹ֖ל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיךָ׃ ס",
"text": "And for-*lāʾăṯōnôṯ* *hāʾōḇəḏôṯ* to-you *hayyôm* *šəlōšeṯ* *hayyāmîm*, not-*tāśem* *ʾeṯ*-*libəḵā* to-them for *nimṣāʾû*; and for-whom all-*ḥemdat* *yiśrāʾēl*? Is not for-you and for-all *bêṯ* *ʾāḇîḵā*?",
"grammar": {
"*lāʾăṯōnôṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural - for the female donkeys",
"*hāʾōḇəḏôṯ*": "Qal participle, feminine plural with definite article - the lost ones",
"*hayyôm*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the day/today",
"*šəlōšeṯ*": "numeral, feminine, construct - three of",
"*hayyāmîm*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the days",
"*tāśem*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - you set/place",
"*libəḵā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your heart",
"*nimṣāʾû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd plural common - they are found",
"*ḥemdat*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - desire of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*bêṯ*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - house of",
"*ʾāḇîḵā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father"
},
"variants": {
"*hāʾōḇəḏôṯ*": "the lost ones/the ones that went astray",
"*tāśem* *ʾeṯ*-*libəḵā*": "set your heart/be concerned/worry",
"*ḥemdat* *yiśrāʾēl*": "desire of Israel/what is desirable in Israel/the precious things of Israel",
"*bêṯ* *ʾāḇîḵā*": "your father's house/your family/your household"
}
}