2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 9:2:1 ⧉וְלוֹ־הָיָ֨הvelohayaand to him was 1 Samuel 9:2:2 ⧉בֵ֜ןvena son 1 Samuel 9:2:3 ⧉וּשְׁמ֤וֹushemoand his name 1 Samuel 9:2:4 ⧉שָׁאוּל֙shaulSaul 1 Samuel 9:2:5 ⧉בָּח֣וּרbakhura young man 1 Samuel 9:2:6 ⧉וָט֔וֹבvatovand good or handsome 1 Samuel 9:2:7 ⧉וְאֵ֥יןveenand there is not 1 Samuel 9:2:8 ⧉אִ֛ישׁisha man 1 Samuel 9:2:9 ⧉מִבְּנֵ֥יmibenefrom the sons of 1 Samuel 9:2:10 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsrael 1 Samuel 9:2:11 ⧉ט֣וֹבtovgood or handsome 1 Samuel 9:2:12 ⧉מִמֶּ֑נּוּmimenuthan him 1 Samuel 9:2:13 ⧉מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹmishikhmofrom his shoulder 1 Samuel 9:2:14 ⧉וָמַ֔עְלָהvamalaand upward 1 Samuel 9:2:15 ⧉גָּבֹ֖הַּgavoahtall 1 Samuel 9:2:16 ⧉מִכָּל־הָעָֽם׃mikalhaamfrom all the people |
2. Formal Translation And he had a son named Saul, a young man and handsome, and there was no man among the sons of Israel better than him from his shoulders upward; he was taller than all the people. |
2. Dynamic Translation He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man and no one among the Israelites was better than him; he stood taller than anyone else from his shoulders up. |