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The peopleהָעָםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵל“Whoמִיis the one who said,הָאֹמֵר‘Shall Saulשָׁאוּלreignיִמְלֹךְover us?’עָלֵינוּGiveתְּנוּusthe men,הָאֲנָשִׁיםand we will put them to death.”וּנְמִיתֵם
1 Samuel 11:12
Study it in the app“The people said to Samuel, “Who is the one who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Give us the men, and we will put them to death.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 11:12, word by word
- 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- 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- ‘Shall Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
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- reignיִמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears- Giveתְּנוּtenu
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tenu” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- and we will put them to deathנְמִיתֵnemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “nemite” appears
The context
11And it came about on the next day that Saul put the people in three groups, and they came into the midst of the camp in the watch of the morning, and they struck Ammon until the heat of the day. And those who remained scattered, and not two of them were left together.
12 · This verse (above)
13Saul said, “No man shall be put to death on this day, for today YHWH has worked salvation in Israel.”