1 Samuel 16:17
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And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.

Context
David Serves Saul
16Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayst bear it more easily. 17And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.18And one of the servants answering, said: Behold I have seen a son of Isai, the Bethlehemite, a skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man fit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person: and the Lord is with him.…
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1 Samuel 16:16
Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayst bear it more easily.

1 Samuel 16:18
And one of the servants answering, said: Behold I have seen a son of Isai, the Bethlehemite, a skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man fit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person: and the Lord is with him.

Lexicon
And Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

commanded
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

his servants,
עֲבָדָ֑יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

“Find
רְאוּ־ (rə·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

me
לִ֗י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

someone
אִ֚ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who plays
לְנַגֵּ֔ן (lə·nag·gên)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrument

well,
מֵיטִ֣יב (mê·ṭîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

and bring
וַהֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖ם (wa·hă·ḇî·’ō·w·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

him to me.”
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to


Additional Translations
And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a skillful player, and bring him to me.

And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

Saul said to his servants, "Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me."

And Saul saith unto his servants, 'Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well -- then ye have brought him in unto me.'
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