1 Samuel 9:21
Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?”This verse in the real world
In what words
- בֶּן־יְמִינִיBen-yᵉmîynîya Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
- צָעִירtsâʻîyrlittle; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
- קָטָןqâṭânabbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in
- בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâha family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of anim
- עָנָהʻânâhproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; b
- שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
+4 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Sa 15:17, Jdg 20:46–48, Luk 14:11, Psa 68:27, Eph 3:8, Hos 13:1, 1Sa 18:18, Jdg 6:14–15