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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Askשְׁאַלyouאַתָּהwhoseמִיsonבֶּןthisזֶהyouth is.”הָעָלֶם
1 Samuel 17:56
Study it in the app“The king said, “Ask you whose son this youth is.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:56, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Askשְׁאַלsheal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “sheal” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- youth isעָלֶםalem
young man
Young man, lad. It is the masculine of the word "young woman" (almah).
Where else “alem” appears
The context
55When Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
56 · This verse (above)
57When David returned from striking the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.