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1 Samuel 16:9

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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.	Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.	Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Jesse^H3448 made Shammah^H8048 to pass by^H5674. And he said^H559, Neither hath the LORD^H3068 chosen^H977 this.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעֲבֵר יִשַׁי שַׁמָּה וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־בָּזֶה לֹא־בָחַר יְהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּעֲבֵ֥ר	va/i.ya.'a.Ver	H5674	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he made pass by
יִשַׁ֖י	yi.Shai	H3448	HNp	Jesse
שַׁמָּ֑ה	sha.Mah	H8048	HNp	Shammah
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	also
בָּ/זֶ֖ה	ba./Zeh	H2088	HR/Pdxms	(in)/ this one
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
בָחַ֥ר	va.Char	H977	HVqp3ms	he has chosen
יְהוָֽה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh

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.
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3448 — יִשַׁי (Yishay, yee-shah'-ee): by Aramaic אִישַׁי; from the same as יֵשׁ; extant; Jishai, David's father; Jesse.
• H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
• H8048 — שַׁמָּה (Shammâh, sham-maw'): the same as שַׁמָּה; Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites; Shammah.

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

• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

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

• Shammah — 1 Samuel 17:13, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Chronicles 2:13

Reciprocal references (3): 2 Samuel 13:32, 2 Samuel 21:21, 1 Chronicles 20:7

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HOME
• Nave’s: CHURCH AND STATE, JESSE, KING, MINISTER, Christian, SHAMMAH

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