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Saulשָׁאוּלwas a year oldבֶּן שָׁנָהwhen he began to reign,בְּמָלְכוֹand he reignedמָלַךְtwoוּשְׁתֵּיyearsשָׁנִיםoverעַלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Samuel 13:1
Study it in the app“Saul was a year old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 13:1, word by word
- 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- was a year oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- was a year oldשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- when he began to reignמָלְכmalch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malch” appears- twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- 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
Translation note
So says the Hebrew text, word for word (“son of a year”). Since Saul was already a man (9:2), it is understood that a number is missing from the sentence; the text does not give it, and it is not supplied here.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Saul chose for himself three thousand from Israel; two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent away, each to his tents.