עָלָֽיו׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָלָֽיו׃

   a-LAV

   around him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו׃

   ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

   were standing around him
3. clause🔊 וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו׃

   ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

   and Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height and his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing around him
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁא֔וּל כִּ֚י נוֹדַ֣ע דָּוִ֔ד וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו׃

   va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

   and he heard Saul that was made known David and men who with him and Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height and his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing around him

Exegesis

The final participial clause vechol-avadav nitsavim alav {וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו | wə-kol-ʿă-vā-ḏā-vû ni-ṣā-vîm ʿā-lā-vô} ‘and all his servants standing beside him’ portrays Saul’s entourage in attentive posture around the king.