1 Samuel 9:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלוֹ־הָיָ֨ה בֵ֜ן וּשְׁמ֤וֹ שָׁאוּל֙ בָּח֣וּר וָט֔וֹב וְאֵ֥ין אִ֛ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ וָמַ֔עְלָה גָּבֹ֖הַּ מִכָּל־הָעָֽם׃

Transliteration

And to-him-hāyāh bēn and-šəmô šāʾûl bāḥûr and-ṭôḇ and-ʾên îš from-bənê yiśrāʾēl ṭôḇ than-him; from-šiḵmô and-upward gāḇōah from-all-hāʿām.

Grammar Details

*hāyāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - was/existed
*bēn*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - son
*šəmô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd singular masculine suffix - his name
*šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul (asked for/requested)
*bāḥûr*: noun/adjective, masculine, singular - young man/choice
*ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine, singular - good/handsome
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not/was not
*îš*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - man
*bənê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*šiḵmô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd singular masculine suffix - his shoulder
*gāḇōah*: adjective, masculine, singular - tall/high
*hāʿām*: noun, masculine, singular, with definite article - the people

Word Meanings

*bāḥûr*: young man/choice/handsome/selected
*ṭôḇ*: good/handsome/pleasing/appropriate
*gāḇōah*: tall/high/exalted

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Referenced Verses

Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Num 13:33 : 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
1 Sam 10:23-24 : 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Sam 17:4 : 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
2 Sam 14:25-26 : 25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26 And when he polled his head,(for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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1 Sam 9:1
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1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
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21When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
22Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
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24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
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1 Sam 14:51-52
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51And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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17And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
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1 Sam 18:13
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