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So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלbrought nearוַיַּקְרֵבallאֵת כָּלthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the tribeשֵׁבֶטof Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןwas taken.וַיִּלָּכֵד
1 Samuel 10:20
Study it in the app“So Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 10:20, word by word
- So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- brought nearיַּקְרֵבyakrev
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “yakrev” appears- the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- was takenיִּלָּכֵדyilached
be drawn
To be picked by lot.
Where else “yilached” appears
Translation note
To “be taken” is to be singled out by the lots, as in Joshua 7:14-18.
The context
19But you today have despised your Elohim, who himself saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ So now, present yourselves before YHWH by your tribes and by your thousands.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken; and Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not found.