KJV: And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
YLT: And a man thence answereth and saith, 'And who is their father?' therefore it hath been for a simile, 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'
Darby: And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
ASV: And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
וַיַּ֨עַן | and answered |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout. |
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אִ֥ישׁ | a man |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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מִשָּׁ֛ם | from there |
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb Root: שָׁם Sense: there, thither. |
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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | and said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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וּמִ֣י | but who |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interrogative Root: מִי Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever. |
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؟ אֲבִיהֶ֑ם | [is] their father |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual. |
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עַל־ | upon |
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against. |
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כֵּן֙ | thus |
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus. |
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הָיְתָ֣ה | it became |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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לְמָשָׁ֔ל | a proverb |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: מָשָׁל Sense: proverb, parable. |
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הֲגַ֥ם | [Is] also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea. |
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שָׁא֖וּל | Saul |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel. |
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؟ בַּנְּבִאִֽים | among the prophets |
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: נָבִיא Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet. |