And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen allכָּלwho knew himיוֹדְעוֹbeforeמֵאִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹםsawוַיִּרְאוּthatוְhe was prophesyingנִבָּאwithעִםthe prophets,נְבִאִיםthat the peopleהָעָםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto one another,אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ“Whatמַהisthisזֶּהthat has happenedהָיָהto the sonלְבֶןof Kish?קִישׁIs Saul alsoהֲגַם שָׁאוּלamong the prophets?”בַּנְּבִיאִים
1 Samuel 10:11
Study it in the app“And it happened, when all who knew him before saw that he was prophesying with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 10:11, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- who knew himיוֹדְעyod
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yod” appears- beforeאִתְּמוֹלitmol
yesterday, before
Yesterday; together with "the day before" it forms the expression "before", "in the past".
Where else “itmol” appears- beforeשִׁלְשׁוֹםshilshom
day before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears- sawיִּרְאוּyiru
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yiru” appears- he was prophesyingנִבָּאniba
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “niba” appears- the prophetsנְבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- that the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to one anotherאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to one anotherרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- to the sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Kishקִישׁkish
Kish
Kish: the name of several people; best known is the father of King Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “kish” appears- Is Saul alsoשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears
The context
10When they came there, to Gibeah, look, a band of prophets came to meet him; and the spirit of Elohim came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
11 · This verse (above)
12And a man from there answered and said, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”