sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Benjamin = "son of the right hand"

1. Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother

2. son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin

3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

4. the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

to seek, require, desire, exact, request

1. (Piel)

   1. to seek to find

   2. to seek to secure

   3. to seek the face

   4. to desire, demand

   5. to require, exact

   6. to ask, request

2. (Pual) to be sought

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

to capture, take, seize

1. (Qal)

   1. to capture, seize

   2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

   3. to take (by lot)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be captured

   2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Matri = "rain of Jehovah"

1. a family of the tribe of Benjamin to which king Saul belonged

to find, attain to

1. (Qal)

   1. to find

      1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)

      2. to find (what is lost)

      3. to meet, encounter

      4. to find (a condition)

      5. to learn, devise

   2. to find out

      1. to find out

      2. to detect

      3. to guess

   3. to come upon, light upon

      1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

      2. to hit

      3. to befall

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be found

      1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered

      2. to appear, be recognised

      3. to be discovered, be detected

      4. to be gained, be secured

   2. to be, be found

      1. to be found in

      2. to be in the possession of

      3. to be found in (a place), happen to be

      4. to be left (after war)

      5. to be present

      6. to prove to be

      7. to be found sufficient, be enough

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to find, attain

   2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come

   3. to cause to encounter

   4. to present (offering)

clan, family

1. clan

   1. family

   2. tribe

   3. people, nation

2. guild

3. species, kind

4. aristocrats

Kish = "bent"

1. a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul

2. an ancestor of Mordecai

3. son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul

4. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family

5. a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

to come near, approach, enter into, draw near

1. (Qal) to approach, draw near

2. (Niphal) to be brought near

3. (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near

4. (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

Saul or Shaul = "desired"

1. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel

2. an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah

3. a son of Simeon

4. a Levite, son of Uzziah

rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

1. rod, staff

2. shaft (of spear, dart)

3. club (of shepherd's implement)

4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

5. clan, tribe