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He spokeוַיְדַבֵּרtoאֶלhis sons,בָּנָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Saddleחִבְשׁוּthe donkeyהַחֲמוֹרfor me.”לִיAnd they saddled it.וַיַּחֲבֹשׁוּ
1 Kings 13:27
Study it in the app“He spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:27, word by word
- He spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Saddleחִבְשׁוּchivshu
saddle
To fasten something firmly, or saddle an animal to ride it.
Where else “chivshu” appears- the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears
The context
26When the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of Elohim who rebelled against the command of YHWH; so YHWH has given him to the lion, and it has mauled him and put him to death, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke to him.”
27 · This verse (above)
28He went and found his corpse thrown on the way, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse; the lion had not eaten the corpse and had not mauled the donkey.