The Meaning of 1 Samuel 16:17 Explained

1 Samuel 16:17

KJV: And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

YLT: And Saul saith unto his servants, 'Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well -- then ye have brought him in unto me.'

Darby: And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

ASV: And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 16:17?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 16:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 16:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Samuel 16:17?

What is the context of 1 Samuel 16:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring [him] to me.

What does 1 Samuel 16:17 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 16:14-23 - The Young Harper Before The Dejected King

In one sentence we are told of the Spirit of the Lord coming upon David, 1 Samuel 16:13, and in the next of the departure of the Spirit from Saul. This does not necessarily imply that all religious sensibility had become extinct, but that the special enduement which had fitted him for his kingly office had been withdrawn. An evil spirit "from the Lord" troubled him; that is, God permitted this spirit to enter. The garrison of peace and love had, been willfully dismissed by Saul, and by the inevitable operation of the divine law, as He had banished the light, he was necessarily left in darkness. God gave him up to a reprobate mind, Romans 1:24; Romans 1:26; Romans 1:28.

The king's depression demanded an antidote, which was provided by music. Philip V of Spain was helped in the same fashion. The minstrel was none other than the young shepherd so recently anointed. A directing Providence superintends every incident in life. That a servant of Saul's had seen David in some country contest was only a link in the chain, 1 Samuel 16:18. God has a plan for each life. "All things work together for good to them that love God," Romans 8:28. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 16

¹ Samuel sent by God, under pretense of a sacrifice, comes to Bethlehem
⁶ His human judgment is reproved
¹¹ He anoints David
¹⁵ Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 16:17 mean?

So said Saul to his servants Provide now me a man well who can play and bring [him] to me

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שָׁא֖וּל אֶל־ עֲבָדָ֑יו רְאוּ־ נָ֣א לִ֗י אִ֚ישׁ מֵיטִ֣יב לְנַגֵּ֔ן וַהֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	So said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שָׁא֖וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
עֲבָדָ֑יו	his servants
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.
רְאוּ־	Provide
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
נָ֣א	now
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
לִ֗י	me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
אִ֚ישׁ	a man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
מֵיטִ֣יב	well
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular Root: יָטַב Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
לְנַגֵּ֔ן	who can play
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: נָגַן Sense: to play or strike strings, play a stringed instrument.
וַהֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖ם	and bring [him]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֵלָֽי	to me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).

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