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When SamuelוּשְׁמוּאֵלsawרָאָהSaul,אֶת שָׁאוּלYHWHוַיהוָהanswered him,עָנָהוּ“Here isהִנֵּהthe manהָאִישׁof whomאֲשֶׁרI spokeאָמַרְתִּיto you!אֵלֶיךָThis oneזֶהwill have commandיַעְצֹרover my people.”בְּעַמִּי
1 Samuel 9:17
Study it in the app“When Samuel saw Saul, YHWH answered him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! This one will have command over my people.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:17, word by word
- When Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- sawרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” 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- YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- answered himעָנָana
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “ana” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- I spokeאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- will have commandיַעְצֹרyatsor
retain
To keep one's strength to do something, without being left without it.
Where else “yatsor” appears- over my peopleעַמִּami
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “ami” appears
The context
16“About this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him as leader over my people Israel; and he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people, for their cry has come to me.”
17 · This verse (above)
18And Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate and said, “Tell me, please, where is the house of the seer?”