1 Samuel 9:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 9:11

And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

BSB

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ASV

As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

KJV

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And as they went up the hill to the city,.... For the city was built upon an hill, from whence it had the name of Ramah, which signifies high and lifted up: they found young maidens going out to draw water: going out of the city, to a fountain which was at the bottom of the hill; and this was the usual business of maidens in those countries to fetch water for the service of the family; see Gill on Gen 24:11; see Gill on Gen 24:15; see Gill on Gen 24:16. R.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Young maidens going out to draw water - So far is it from being true, that young women were always kept closely shut up at home, that we find them often in the field, drawing and carrying water, as here.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֗מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
עֹלִים֙	'o.Lim	[were] going up	H5927 →
בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה	be.ma.'a.Leh	on [the] ascent of	H4608 →
הָעִ֔יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙	ve.He.mah	and they	H1992 →
מָצְא֣וּ	ma.tze.'U	they found	H4672 →
נְעָר֔וֹת	ne.'a.Rot	young women	H5291 →
יֹצְא֖וֹת	yo.tze.'ot	coming out	H3318 →
לִשְׁאֹ֣ב	lish.'O	to draw	H7579 →
מָ֑יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
לָהֶ֔ן	la.Hen	to <the> them
הֲיֵ֥שׁ	ha.Yesh	¿ [is] there	H3426 →
בָּזֶ֖ה	ba.Zeh	in this [place]	H2088 →
הָרֹאֶֽה׃	ha.ro.'Eh	the seer	H7203 →

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Through
Judges 5:11
the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went…
leads to
- Micah 6:5
  My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
- Judges 5:8
  When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 12:7
  Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 22:24
  you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he…
Through
Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
leads to
- Genesis 24:11
  As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
- Exodus 3:1
  Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Genesis 24:14–20
  Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be…
- Genesis 29:6–10
  “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

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