KJV: And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
YLT: And Saul answereth and saith, 'Am not I a Benjamite -- of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?'
Darby: And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjaminite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why dost thou speak such words to me?
ASV: And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?
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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שָׁא֜וּל | Saul |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel. |
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | and said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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הֲל֨וֹא | [am] not |
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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יְמִינִ֤י | a Benjamite |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: בֶּן־יְמִינִי Sense: one of the tribe of Benjamin. |
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מִקַּטַנֵּי֙ | of the smallest |
Parse: Preposition-m, Adjective, masculine plural construct Root: קָטָן Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant. |
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שִׁבְטֵ֣י | of the tribes |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: שֵׁבֶט Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe. |
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؟ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | of Israel |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel. |
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וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ | and my family |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה Sense: clan, family. |
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הַצְּעִרָ֔ה | the least |
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: צָעִיר Sense: little, insignificant, young. |
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מִכָּֽל־ | of all |
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole. |
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מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת | the families |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה Sense: clan, family. |
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שִׁבְטֵ֣י | of the tribe |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: שֵׁבֶט Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe. |
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؟ בִנְיָמִ֑ן | of Benjamin |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: בִּנְיָמִין Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother. |
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וְלָ֙מָּה֙ | then why |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ | do you speak |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing. |
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אֵלַ֔י | to me |
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion). |
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כַּדָּבָ֖ר | like |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing. |
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הַזֶּֽה | this |
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such. |
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ס | - |
Parse: Punctuation |