1 Samuel 10:23
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And they ran and fetched him thence: and he stood in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward.

he was higher

1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.

1 Samuel 16:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

1 Samuel 17:4 And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span:

Context
Saul Proclaimed King
22And after this they consulted the Lord whether he would come thither. And the Lord answered: Behold he is hidden at home. 23And they ran and fetched him thence: and he stood in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward.24And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.…
Cross References
Genesis 3:24
And he cast out Adam: and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.

Lexicon
So they ran
וַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙ (way·yā·ru·ṣū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7323: To run

and brought [Saul],
וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ (way·yiq·qā·ḥu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

and when he stood
וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

among
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

the people,
הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

he was a head
מִשִּׁכְמ֖וֹ (miš·šiḵ·mōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7926: The neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill

taller
וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙ (way·yiḡ·bah)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty

than any
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of the others.
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.And they ran and fetched him there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

And they ran and brought him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.
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