He hadוְלוֹ הָיָהa sonבֵןwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹSaul,שָׁאוּלa young manבָּחוּרand handsome;וָטוֹבthere was noוְאֵיןmanאִישׁamong the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלmore handsomeטוֹבthan he;מִמֶּנּוּfrom his shouldersמִשִּׁכְמוֹupwardוָמַעְלָהhe was tallerגָּבֹהַּthan allמִכָּלthe people.הָעָם
1 Samuel 9:2
Study it in the app“He had a son whose name was Saul, a young man and handsome; there was no man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than all the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:2, word by word
- He hadהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- a sonבֵןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- whose name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” 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- a young manבָּחוּרbachur
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachur” appears- and handsomeטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- from his shouldersשִּׁכְמshichm
shoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichm” appears- upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- he was tallerגָּבֹהַּgavoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gavoha” 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
1There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjaminite, a mighty man of worth.
2 · This verse (above)
3Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost, and Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, please, and get up, go, look for the donkeys.”