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1 Samuel 9:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 And he had ולו היה

H1121 a son בן

H8034 whose name ושׁמו

H7586 was Saul שׁאול

H970 a choice young man בחור

H2896 and a goodly וטוב

H369 and there was not ואין

H376 person אישׁ

H1121 מבני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H2896 a goodlier טוב

H4480 among the children ממנו

H7926 משׁכמו

H4605 and upward ומעלה

H1364 he was higher גבה

H3605 מכל

H5971 of the people העם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H1961 had

H1121 son

whose

H8034 name

was

H7586 Saul

choice

young

H970 man

and

H2896 goodly

and

there

was

H369 not

among

the

H4480 children

H3478 Israel

H2896 goodlier

H376 person

H4480 than

from

his

H4480 shoulders

and

H4605 upward

was

H1364 higher

H4480 than

H4480 any

the

H5971 people

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4605

Hebrew: מַעַל

Transliteration: maʻal

Pronunciation: mah'al

Part of Speech: Substitution

Bible Usage: {above} exceeding ({-ly}) {forward} on (X very) {high} {over} up ({-on} {-ward}) very.

Definition:

properly the upper {part} used only adverbially with prefix {upward} above: {overhead} from the {top} etc.

1. higher part, upper part adv

a. above prep

b. on the top of, above, on higher ground than with locative

c. upwards, higher, above

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906