1 Samuel 9
1 and to be man (from Benjamin [Ben]jamin *QK) and name his Kish son: child Abiel son: child Zeror son: child Becorath son: child Aphiah son: descendant/people man [Ben]jaminite mighty man strength: rich
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
2 and to/for him to be son: child and name his Saul youth and pleasant and nothing man from son: descendant/people Israel pleasant from him from shoulder his and above [to] high from all [the] people
He had a son, whose name was Saul, a handsome young man; and there was no one among the children of Israel more handsome than he was. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
3 and to perish [the] she-ass to/for Kish father Saul and to say Kish to(wards) Saul son: child his to take: take please with you [obj] one from [the] youth and to arise: rise to go: went to seek [obj] [the] she-ass
Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, "Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys." So Saul got up and took one of the servants of his father with him and went to look for the donkeys of his father Kish.
4 and to pass in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to pass in/on/with land: country/planet Shalishah and not to find and to pass in/on/with land: country/planet Shaalim and nothing and to pass in/on/with land: country/planet [Ben]jaminite and not to find
He passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they weren't there. Then he passed through the land of the Jaminites, but they did not find them.
5 they(masc.) to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet Zuph and Saul to say to/for youth his which with him to go: come! [emph?] and to return: return lest to cease father my from [the] she-ass and be anxious to/for us
When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us."
6 and to say to/for him behold please man God in/on/with city [the] this and [the] man to honor: honour all which to speak: speak to come (in): come to come (in): fulfill now to go: went there perhaps to tell to/for us [obj] way: direction our which to go: went upon her
He said to him, "See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely comes to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us concerning our journey on which we have set out."
7 and to say Saul to/for youth his and behold to go: went and what? to come (in): bring to/for man for [the] food: bread be gone from article/utensil our and present nothing to/for to come (in): bring to/for man [the] God what? with us
Then Saul said to his servant, "But look, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone in our vessels, and there is no gift to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"
8 and to add: again [the] youth to/for to answer [obj] Saul and to say behold to find in/on/with hand: themselves my fourth shekel silver: money and to give: give to/for man [the] God and to tell to/for us [obj] way: direction our
The servant answered Saul again, and said, "Look, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way."
9 to/for face: before in/on/with Israel thus to say [the] man in/on/with to go: went he to/for to seek God to go: come! and to go: went till [the] seer for to/for prophet [the] day to call: call by to/for face: before [the] seer
(In earlier times in Israel, whenever someone went to inquire of God, he would say, "Come, and let us go to the seer"; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)
10 and to say Saul to/for youth his pleasant word: speaking your to go: come! [emph?] to go: went and to go: went to(wards) [the] city which there man [the] God
Then Saul said to his servant, "Well said. Come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
11 they(masc.) to ascend: rise in/on/with ascent [the] city and they(masc.) to find maiden to come out: come to/for to draw water and to say to/for them there in/on/with this [the] seer
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?"
12 and to answer [obj] them and to say there behold to/for face: before your to hasten now for [the] day: today to come (in): come to/for city for sacrifice [the] day: today to/for people in/on/with high place
They answered them, and said, "He is. Look, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.
13 like/as to come (in): come you [the] city so to find [emph?] [obj] him in/on/with before to ascend: rise [the] high place [to] to/for to eat for not to eat [the] people till to come (in): come he for he/she/it to bless [the] sacrifice after so to eat [the] to call: call to and now to ascend: rise for [obj] him like/as [the] day: today to find [emph?] [obj] him
As soon as you have come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time you shall find him."
14 and to ascend: rise [the] city they(masc.) to come (in): come in/on/with midst [the] city and behold Samuel to come out: come to/for to encounter: toward them to/for to ascend: rise [the] high place
They went up to the city. As they came within the city, look, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
15 and LORD to reveal: reveal [obj] ear: to ears Samuel day one to/for face: before to come (in): come Saul to/for to say
Now Jehovah had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
16 like/as time tomorrow to send: depart to(wards) you man from land: country/planet Benjamin and to anoint him to/for leader upon people my Israel and to save [obj] people my from hand: power Philistine for to see: see [obj] people my for to come (in): come cry his to(wards) me
"Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen the suffering of my people, because their cry has come to me."
17 and Samuel to see: see [obj] Saul and LORD to answer him behold [the] man which to say to(wards) you this to restrain in/on/with people my
When Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said to him, "Look, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall have authority over my people."
18 and to approach: approach Saul [obj] Samuel in/on/with midst [the] gate and to say to tell [emph?] please to/for me where? this house: home [the] seer
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."
19 and to answer Samuel [obj] Saul and to say I [the] seer to ascend: rise to/for face: before my [the] high place and to eat with me [the] day and to send: let go you in/on/with morning and all which in/on/with heart your to tell to/for you
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, "I am he. Go up before me to the high place, for you will eat with me today. In the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
20 and to/for she-ass [the] to perish to/for you [the] day three [the] day not to set: make [obj] heart your to/for them for to find and to/for who? all desire Israel not to/for you and to/for all house: household father your
As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them; for they have been found. And for whom does all Israel desire? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?"
21 and to answer Saul and to say not Benjaminite Benjaminite I from small tribe Israel and family my [the] little from all family tribe Benjamin and to/for what? to speak: speak to(wards) me like/as Chronicles [the] this
Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?"
22 and to take: take Samuel [obj] Saul and [obj] youth his and to come (in): bring them chamber [to] and to give: give to/for them place in/on/with head [the] to call: call to and they(masc.) like/as thirty man
Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
23 and to say Samuel to/for guard to give: give [emph?] [obj] [the] portion which to give: give to/for you which to say to(wards) you to set: put [obj] her with you
And Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I told you to set aside."
24 and to exalt [the] guard [obj] [the] leg and [the] upon her and to set: make to/for face: before Saul and to say behold [the] to remain to set: make to/for face: before your to eat for to/for meeting: time appointed to keep: guard to/for you to/for to say [the] people to call: call to and to eat Saul with Samuel in/on/with day [the] he/she/it
The cook picked up the leg, and that which was attached to it, and set it before Saul. And he said, "Look, here is what has been kept for you. Set it before you and eat, because it was kept especially for you until the right time; because I said, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
25 and to go down from [the] high place [the] city and to speak: speak with Saul upon [the] roof
When they had come down from the high place into the city, they prepared a bed for Saul on the roof,
26 and to rise and to be like/as to ascend: dawn [the] dawn and to call: call out Samuel to(wards) Saul ([the] roof [to] *QK) to/for to say to arise: rise [emph?] and to send: depart you and to arise: rise Saul and to come out: come two their he/she/it and Samuel [the] outside [to]
and he slept. And it happened about daybreak that Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, "Get up, that I may send you away." So Saul arose, and they went out, both of them, he and Samuel, outside.
27 they(masc.) to go down in/on/with end [the] city and Samuel to say to(wards) Saul to say to/for youth and to pass to/for face: before our and to pass and you(m. s.) to stand: stand like/as day and to hear: proclaim you [obj] word God
As they were going down at the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant that he should pass on before us and cross over. But you remain here awhile, that I may make known to you the word of God."
