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Saulשָׁאוּלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלhis servants,עֲבָדָיו“Look outרְאוּfor me,לִיplease,נָאfor a manאִישׁwho plays well,מֵיטִיב לְנַגֵּןand bring himוַהֲבִיאוֹתֶםto me.”אֵלָי
1 Samuel 16:17
Study it in the app“Saul said to his servants, “Look out for me, please, for a man who plays well, and bring him to me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 16:17, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- “Look outרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- for a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who plays wellמֵיטִיבmetiv
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “metiv” appears- who plays wellנַגֵּןnagen
play strings
Play a stringed instrument, plucking the strings with the fingers, as on a lyre; also make music in general.
Where else “nagen” appears- and bring himהֲבִיאוֹתֶםhaviotem
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haviotem” appears
The context
16Please let our lord speak: your servants are before you; they will seek a man who knows how to play the lyre; and it will be, when the evil spirit of Elohim is upon you, that he will play with his hand, and it will be well with you.”
17 · This verse (above)
18One of the young men answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who knows how to play, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and discerning in speech, and a man of fine figure; and YHWH is with him.”