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1 Samuel 16:19

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← 1 Samuel 16:18	1 Samuel 16:19 (KJV)	1 Samuel 16:20 →
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.	Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.	And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore Saul^H7586 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto Jesse^H3448, and said^H559, Send^H7971 me David^H1732 thy son^H1121, which is with the sheep^H6629.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח שָׁאוּל מַלְאָכִים אֶל־יִשָׁי וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁלְחָה אֵלַי אֶת־דָּוִד בִּנְךָ אֲשֶׁר בַּצֹּאן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֥ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
שָׁא֛וּל	sha.'Ul	H7586	HNp	Saul
מַלְאָכִ֖ים	mal.'a.Khim	H4397	HNcmpa	messengers
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
יִשָׁ֑י	yi.Shai	H3448	HNp	Jesse
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
שִׁלְחָ֥/ה	shil.Cha/h	H7971	HVqv2ms/Sh	send/ !
אֵלַ֛/י	'e.La/i	H413	HR/Sp1cs	to/ me
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
דָּוִ֥ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
בִּנְ/ךָ֖	bin./Kha	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	son/ your
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
בַּ/צֹּֽאן	ba./Tzon	H6629	HRd/Ncbsa	(is) with the/ flock

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H3448 — יִשַׁי (Yishay, yee-shah'-ee): by Aramaic אִישַׁי; from the same as יֵשׁ; extant; Jishai, David's father; Jesse.
• H4397 — מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk, mal-awk'): from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H7586 — שָׁאוּל (Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'): passive participle of שָׁאַל; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites; Saul, Shaul.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• with the sheep — Exodus 3:1-10, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 17:15, 1 Samuel 17:33-34, 1 Kings 19:19, Psalms 78:70-72, Psalms 113:8, Amos 1:1, Amos 7:14-15, Matthew 4:18-22

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Samuel 17:58

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• Nave’s: DEMONS, JESSE, SAUL

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