1 Samuel
1 Samuel 10:27
27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.f
Footnotes
- f 10:27 MT and LXX; one DSS manuscript includes Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had viciously oppressed the people of Gad and Reuben, gouging out the right eye of each Israelite dwelling there. He would not allow anyone to rescue them, and there was no Israelite east of the Jordan whose right eye had not been gouged out. But 7,000 men had escaped from the Ammonites and settled in Jabesh-gilead.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But some worthless | בְלִיַּ֣עַל | ḇə·lî·ya·‘al | Noun - masculine singular | H1100 worthlessness |
| men | וּבְנֵ֧י | ū·ḇə·nê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| said | אָמְר֗וּ | ’ā·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H559 utter, say |
| How | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can this | זֶ֔ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| save us | יֹּשִׁעֵ֙נוּ֙ | yō·ši·‘ê·nū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural | H3467 deliver |
| So they despised him | וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּ | way·yiḇ·zu·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular | H959 despise |
| and brought | הֵבִ֥יאוּ | hê·ḇî·’ū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| him | ל֖וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| no | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| gifts | מִנְחָ֑ה | min·ḥāh | Noun - feminine singular | H4503 gift, tribute, offering |
| but | וַיְהִ֖י | way·hî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| silent | כְּמַחֲרִֽישׁ׃פ | kə·ma·ḥă·rîš | Preposition-k; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.