1 Samuel 10:11

“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?””

1 Samuel 10:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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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?”

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