1 Samuel 16:1
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.”
קֶרֶן
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
מָתַי
when?
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מָתַי
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
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מֶלֶךְ
a king
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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שָׁלַח
I will send/ you
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שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
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רָאָה
I have seen
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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מָלֵא
fill
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מָלֵא
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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שֶׁמֶן
oil
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שֶׁמֶן
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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שָׁאוּל
Saul
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שָׁאוּל
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
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מָאַס
I have rejected/ him
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי
the Beth-
Bêyth hal-Lachmîy ·
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בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי
a Beth-lechemite, or native of Bethlechem
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שְׁמוּאֵל
Samuel
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שְׁמוּאֵל
Shemuel, the name of three Israelites
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יִשַׁי
Jesse
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יִשַׁי
Jishai, David's father
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