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And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the cook,לַטַּבָּח“Bringתְּנָהthe portionאֶת הַמָּנָהthatאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיyou,לָךְof whichאֲשֶׁרI saidאָמַרְתִּיto you,אֵלֶיךָ‘Putשִׂיםitאֹתָהּaside with you.’”עִמָּךְ
1 Samuel 9:23
Study it in the app“And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion that I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside with you.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:23, word by word
- And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the cookטַּבָּחtabach
cook
The one who prepares the food in the house or at the table of a king or leader.
Where else “tabach” appears- “Bringתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- the portionמָּנָהmana
portion
Portion, the share that falls to someone.
Where else “mana” appears- ‘Putשִׂיםsim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appears
The context
22And Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, and they were about thirty men.
23 · This verse (above)
24And the cook lifted up the thigh and what was on it and set it before Saul. And he said, “Look, what has been kept back! Set it before you and eat, for it has been kept for you for the appointed time, since I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.