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Saulשָׁאוּלremoved himוַיְסִרֵהוּfrom his sideמֵעִמּוֹand made himוַיְשִׂמֵהוּ לוֹcommanderשַׂרof a thousand;אָלֶףand he went outוַיֵּצֵאand came inוַיָּבֹאbeforeלִפְנֵיthe people.הָעָם
1 Samuel 18:13
Study it in the app“Saul removed him from his side and made him commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 18:13, 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- removed himיְסִרֵyesire
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “yesire” appears- and made himיְשִׂמֵyesime
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “yesime” appears- commanderשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of a thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears- and he went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- and came inיָּבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
12Saul feared David, for YHWH was with him and had departed from Saul.
13 · This verse (above)
14David was acting wisely in all his ways, and YHWH was with him.