1 Samuel 18:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְסִרֵ֤הוּ שָׁאוּל֙ מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ ל֖וֹ שַׂר־אָ֑לֶף וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wa-yəsîrēhû Šāʾûl from with him, and wa-yəśîmēhû to him śar-ʾālep. And wa-yēṣēʾ and wa-yābōʾ before the ʿām.

Grammar Details

*wa-yəsîrēhû*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3ms + 3ms suffix - and he removed him
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*mē-ʿimmô*: preposition + preposition + 3ms suffix - from with him
*wa-yəśîmēhû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms + 3ms suffix - and he made/appointed him
*lô*: preposition + 3ms suffix - for himself
*śar-ʾālep*: masculine singular construct + masculine singular noun - commander of a thousand
*wa-yēṣēʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he went out
*wa-yābōʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he came in
*li-pnê*: preposition + construct noun - before
*ha-ʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people

Word Meanings

*sûr*: remove/turn aside/take away
*śîm*: put/place/set/appoint
*śar*: commander/official/captain
*ʾelep*: thousand/unit of troops
*yāṣāʾ*: go out/come out/depart
*bôʾ*: come in/enter/arrive
*pānîm*: face/presence/front
*ʿām*: people/nation/troops

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 5:2 : 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
Ps 121:8 : 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Num 27:16-17 : 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
1 Sam 8:12 : 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1 Sam 18:16-17 : 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Sam 22:7 : 7 Then 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, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

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