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1 Samuel 9:11

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Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God [was].	[And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?	And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And as they went up^H5927 the hill^H4608 to the city^H5892, they found^H4672 young maidens^H5291 going out^H3318 to draw^H7579 water^H4325, and said^H559 unto them, Is^H3426 the seer^H7200 here?

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Original Hebrew

הֵמָּה עֹלִים בְּמַעֲלֵה הָעִיר וְהֵמָּה מָצְאוּ נְעָרֹות יֹצְאֹות לִשְׁאֹב מָיִם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָהֶן הֲיֵשׁ בָּזֶה הָרֹאֶה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֵ֗מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they
עֹלִים֙	'o.Lim	H5927	HVqrmpa	(were) going up
בְּ/מַעֲלֵ֣ה	be./ma.'a.Leh	H4608	HR/Ncmsc	on/ (the) ascent of
הָ/עִ֔יר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city
וְ/הֵ֨מָּה֙	ve./He.mah	H1992	HC/Pp3mp	and/ they
מָצְא֣וּ	ma.tze.'U	H4672	HVqp3cp	they found
נְעָר֔וֹת	ne.'a.Rot	H5291	HNcfpa	young women
יֹצְא֖וֹת	yo.tze.'ot	H3318	HVqrfpa	coming out
לִ/שְׁאֹ֣ב	li/sh.'O	H7579	HR/Vqc	to/ draw
מָ֑יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ	va/i.yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
לָ/הֶ֔ן	la./Hen		HR/Sp3fp	to (the)/ them
הֲ/יֵ֥שׁ	ha./Yesh	H3426	HTi/Tm	¿/ (is) there
בָּ/זֶ֖ה	ba./Zeh	H2088	HR/Pdxms	in/ this (place)
הָ/רֹאֶֽה	ha./ro.'Eh	H7203	HTd/Vqrmsa	the/ seer

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.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H3426 — יֵשׁ (yêsh, yaysh): perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4608 — מַעֲלֶה (maʻăleh, mah-al-eh'): from עָלָה; an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority; ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5291 — נַעֲרָה (naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'): feminine of נַעַר; a girl (from infancy to adolescence); damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7579 — שָׁאַב (shâʼab, sahw-ab'): a primitive root; to bale up water; (woman to) draw(-er, water).

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

• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• 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.
• H7203 — רֹאֶה (rôʼeh, ro-eh'): active participle of רָאָה; a seer (as often rendered); but also (abstractly) a vision; vision.

Cross References

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

• the hill to the city — Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:18-20, Exodus 2:16, Judges 5:11

Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 24:13, Proverbs 24:15

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• Thompson Chain: HOME, WATER CARRIER

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