They toldוַיַּגִּדוּSaul,לְשָׁאוּלand he sentוַיִּשְׁלַחotherאֲחֵרִיםmessengers,מַלְאָכִיםand they tooוַ גַּם הֵמָּהprophesied.יִּתְנַבְּאוּAnd Saulוַ שָׁאוּלagainיֹּסֶףsentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengers,מַלְאָכִיםa third group,שְׁלִשִׁיםand they tooוַ גַּם הֵמָּהprophesied.יִּתְנַבְּאוּ
1 Samuel 19:21
Study it in the app“They told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they too prophesied. And Saul again sent messengers, a third group, and they too prophesied.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 19:21, word by word
- They toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- 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- and he sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- messengersמַלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- prophesiedיִּתְנַבְּאוּyitnabu
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “yitnabu” appears- againיֹּסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appears- a third groupשְׁלִשִׁיםshelishim
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishim” appears
The context
20Saul sent messengers to take David; and they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, stationed over them; and the spirit of Elohim was upon the messengers of Saul, and they too prophesied.
21 · This verse (above)
22He too went to Ramah, and came as far as the great cistern that is in Secu; and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And one said, “Look, at Naioth in Ramah.”