And GOD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and set out; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have decided on one of his sons to be king.”
Samuel replied, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” GOD answered, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to GOD.’
Samuel did what GOD commanded. When he came to Bethlehem, the elders of the city went out in alarm to meet him and said, “Do you come on a peaceful errand?”
“Yes,” he replied, “I have come to sacrifice to GOD. Purify yourselves and join me in the sacrificial feast.” He also instructed Jesse and his sons to purify themselves and invited them to the sacrificial feast.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
שלום
376
לזבח
47
ליהוה
56
באתי
413
התקדשו
815
ובאתם
449
אתי
411
בזבח
19
ויקדש
420
אתישי
721
ואתבניו
475
ויקרא
317
להם
75
לזבח
47
I Samuel 16:6
Gematria: 1529
ויהיבבואםויראאתאליאבויאמראךנגדיהוהמשיחוס
When they arrived and he saw Eliab, he thought: “Surely GOD’s anointed stands here.ahere Lit. “before Him.””
But GOD said to Samuel, “Pay no attention to his appearance or his stature, for I have rejected him. For [GOD sees] not as humans see;b[GOD sees] These words are preserved in the Septuagint. humans see only what is visible, but GOD sees into the heart.”
Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Are these all the boys you have?” He replied, “There is still the youngest; he is tending the flock.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send someone to bring him, for we will not sit down to eatcsit down to eat Meaning of Heb. uncertain. until he gets here.”
So they sent and brought him. He was ruddy-cheeked, bright-eyed,druddy-cheeked, bright-eyed Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and handsome. And GOD said, “Rise and anoint him, for this is the one.”
Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of GOD gripped David from that day on. Samuel then set out for Ramah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקח
124
שמואל
377
אתקרן
751
השמן
395
וימשח
364
אתו
407
בקרב
304
אחיו
25
ותצלח
534
רוחיהוה
240
אלדוד
45
מהיום
101
ההוא
17
ומעלה
151
ויקם
156
שמואל
377
וילך
66
הרמתה
650
I Samuel 16:14
Gematria: 2838
ורוחיהוהסרהמעםשאולובעתתורוחרעהמאתיהוה
Now the spirit of GOD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from GOD began to terrify him.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ורוח
220
יהוה
26
סרה
265
מעם
150
שאול
337
ובעתתו
884
רוחרעה
489
מאת
441
יהוה
26
I Samuel 16:15
Gematria: 1951
ויאמרועבדישאולאליוהנהנארוחאלהיםרעהמבעתך
Saul’s courtiers said to him, “An evil spirit of God is terrifying you.
Let our lord give the order [and] the courtiers in attendance on you will look for someone who is skilled at playing the lyre; whenever the evil spirit of God comes over you, he will play iteit Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and you will feel better.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
יאמרנא
302
אדננו
111
עבדיך
106
לפניך
190
יבקשו
418
איש
311
ידע
84
מנגן
143
בכנור
278
והיה
26
בהיות
423
עליך
130
רוחאלהים
300
רעה
275
ונגן
109
בידו
22
וטוב
23
לךפ
130
I Samuel 16:17
Gematria: 2041
ויאמרשאולאלעבדיוראונאליאישמיטיבלנגןוהביאותםאלי
So Saul said to his courtiers, “Find me someone who can play well and bring him to me.”
One of the attendants spoke up, “I have observed a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skilled in music; he is a stalwart fellow and a warrior, sensible in speech, and handsome in appearancefhandsome in appearance Or “strikingly handsome.”—and GOD is with him.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויען
136
אחד
13
מהנערים
415
ויאמר
257
הנה
60
ראיתי
621
בן
52
לישי
350
בית
412
הלחמי
93
ידע
84
נגן
103
וגבור
217
חיל
48
ואיש
317
מלחמה
123
ונבון
114
דבר
206
ואיש
317
תאר
601
ויהוה
32
עמו
116
I Samuel 16:19
Gematria: 2955
וישלחשאולמלאכיםאלישיויאמרשלחהאליאתדודבנךאשרבצאן
Whereupon Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, who is with the flock.”
Jesse took a donkey [laden with]ga donkey [laden with] Meaning of Heb. uncertain. bread, a skin of wine, and a kid, and sent them to Saul by his son David.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקח
124
ישי
320
חמור
254
לחם
78
ונאד
61
יין
70
וגדי
23
עזים
127
אחד
13
וישלח
354
בידדוד
30
בנו
58
אלשאול
368
I Samuel 16:21
Gematria: 1305
ויבאדודאלשאולויעמדלפניוויאהבהומאדויהילונשאכלים
So David came to Saul and entered his service; [Saul] took a strong liking to him and made him one of his arms-bearers.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבא
19
דוד
14
אלשאול
368
ויעמד
130
לפניו
176
ויאהבהו
35
מאד
45
ויהילו
67
נשא
351
כלים
100
I Samuel 16:22
Gematria: 2033
וישלחשאולאלישילאמריעמדנאדודלפניכימצאחןבעיני
Saul sent word to Jesse, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
Whenever the [evil] spirit of God came upon Saul, David would take the lyre and play it;hit Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Saul would find relief and feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.