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And they ranוַיָּרֻצוּand took himוַיִּקָּחֻהוּfrom there,מִשָּׁםand he stoodוַיִּתְיַצֵּבamongבְּתוֹךְthe people,הָעָםand he was tallerוַיִּגְבַּהּthan allמִכָּלthe peopleהָעָםfrom his shouldersמִשִּׁכְמוֹupward.וָמָעְלָה
1 Samuel 10:23
Study it in the app“And they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people, and he was taller than all the people from his shoulders upward.”
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1 Samuel 10:23, word by word
- And they ranיָּרֻצוּyarutsu
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarutsu” appears- and took himיִּקָּחֻyikachu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikachu” appears- and he stoodיִּתְיַצֵּבyityatsev
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “yityatsev” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and he was tallerיִּגְבַּהּyigbah
be high
To be or rise very high, above everything else.
Where else “yigbah” appears- from his shouldersשִּׁכְמshichm
shoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichm” appears- upwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears
The context
22So they asked YHWH again, “Has the man come here yet?” And YHWH said, “Look, he is hiding among the baggage.”
23 · This verse (above)
24And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom YHWH has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” And all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”