Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the cookהַטַּבָּחlifted upוַיָּרֶםthe thighאֶת הַשּׁוֹקand what was on itוְהֶעָלֶיהָand set itוַיָּשֶׂםbeforeלִפְנֵיSaul.שָׁאוּלAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהwhat has been kept back!הַנִּשְׁאָרSet itשִׂיםbefore youלְפָנֶיךָand eat,אֱכֹלforכִּיit has been keptשָׁמוּרfor youלְךָfor the appointed time,לַמּוֹעֵדsince I said,לֵאמֹר‘I have invitedקָרָאתִיthe people.’”הָעָםSo Saulוַ שָׁאוּלateיֹּאכַלwithעִםSamuelשְׁמוּאֵלthatהַהוּאday.בַּיּוֹם
cook
The one who prepares the food in the house or at the table of a king or leader.
Where else “tabach” appearslift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “yarem” appearsthigh, leg
Thigh, leg of an animal or a person.
Where else “shok” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsremain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearspreserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shamur” appearsappointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsSamuel
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” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsThe Hebrew does not say who is speaking in “And he said”; from what follows, it is understood to be Samuel.
23And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion that I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside with you.’”
24 · This verse (above)
25And they came down from the high place to the city, and he spoke with Saul on the roof.
