Now the donkeysוַ הָאֲתֹנוֹתof Kish,לְקִישׁSaul’sשָׁאוּלfather,אֲבִיwere lost,תֹּאבַדְנָהand Kishוַ קִישׁsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSaulשָׁאוּלhis son,בְּנוֹ“Takeקַחoneאֶת אַחַדof the young menמֵהַנְּעָרִיםwith you,אִתְּךָplease,נָאand get up,וְקוּםgo,לֵךְlook forבַּקֵּשׁthe donkeys.”אֶת הָאֲתֹנֹת
1 Samuel 9:3
Study it in the app“Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost, and Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, please, and get up, go, look for the donkeys.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:3, word by word
- Now the donkeysאֲתֹנוֹתatonot
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “atonot” appears- of Kishקִישׁkish
Kish
Kish: the name of several people; best known is the father of King Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “kish” appears- Saul’sשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- were lostתֹּאבַדְנָהtovadna
be lost
To be lost or out of place, like an animal that strays.
Where else “tovadna” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- “Takeקַחkach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appears- oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appears- and get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- look forבַּקֵּשׁbakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bakesh” appears
The context
2He had a son whose name was Saul, a young man and handsome; there was no man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than all the people.
3 · This verse (above)
4And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them; and they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there; and he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they did not find them.