H9033–וֹ–o

And they send messengers unto the inhabitants of Kirjath-Jearim, saying, `The Philistines have sent back the ark of Jehovah; come down, take it up unto you.'

אֹת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and bring it in unto the house of Abinadab, in the height, and Eleazar his son they have sanctified to keep the ark of Jehovah.

אֹת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

And Samuel speaketh unto all the house of Israel, saying, `If with all your heart ye are turning back unto Jehovah -- turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'

וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;

לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

And Samuel taketh a fat lamb, and causeth it to go up -- a burnt-offering whole to Jehovah; and Samuel crieth unto Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answereth him;

וַיַּעֲלֵ֧הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

and say unto him, `Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.'

אֵלָ֗יו (ו) v “him”

And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,

מֵאִתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

לוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “himself”

also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “himself”

your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

and he hath a son, and his name `is' Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

וְלוֹ־ (וֹ) v- “him”מִמֶּ֑נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “him”

They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who `is' with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.'

עִמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God `is' in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.'

ל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.'

אֹת֡וֹ (וֹ) o “him”אֹת֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”אֹתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

`At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin -- and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.'

וּמְשַׁחְתּ֤וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this `one' doth restrain My people.'

עָנָ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

And Samuel taketh the vial of the oil, and poureth on his head, and kisseth him, and saith, `Is it not because Jehovah hath appointed thee over His inheritance for leader?

וַיִּשָּׁקֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”תוֹשִׁיעֶֽנּוּ (נּוּ) nu “him”

And it hath been, at his turning his shoulder to go from Samuel, that God turneth to him another heart, and all these signs come on that day,

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

and they come in thither to the height, and lo, a band of prophets -- to meet him, and prosper over him doth the Spirit of God, and he prophesieth in their midst.

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”עָלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

And it cometh to pass, all his acquaintance heretofore, see, and lo, with prophets he hath prophesied, and the people say one unto another, `What `is' this hath happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?'

יֽוֹדְעוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) O “him”

and the uncle of Saul saith unto him, and unto his young man, `Whither went ye?' and he saith, `To seek the asses; and we see that they are not, and we come in unto Samuel.'

אֵלָ֛יו (ו) v “him”

And Saul saith unto his uncle, `He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;' and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said.

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

and ye to-day have rejected your God, who `is' Himself your saviour out of all your evils and your distresses, and ye say, `Nay, but -- a king thou dost set over us; and now, station yourselves before Jehovah, by your tribes, and by your thousands.'

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

and he bringeth near the tribe of Benjamin by its families, and the family of Matri is captured, and Saul son of Kish is captured, and they seek him, and he hath not been found.

וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”