1 Samuel 9:5

“When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his young man who was with him, “Come, let us go back, or else my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and worry about us.””

1 Samuel 9:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 9:5, word by word

cameבָּאוּbau

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “bau” appears
to the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
of Zuphצוּףtsuf

Zuph

Zuph, an ancestor of the prophet Samuel; also a region bearing his name (1 Samuel 9:5).

Where else “tsuf” appears
Saulשָׁאוּלshaul

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
saidאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
to his young manנַעֲרnaar

young servant

A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.

Where else “naar” appears
“Comeלְכָlecha

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lecha” appears
let us go backנָשׁוּבָהnashuva

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “nashuva” appears
my fatherאָבִavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

Where else “avi” appears
will stop thinkingיֶחְדַּלyechdal

cease, stop

Stop doing something, cease; leave off.

Where else “yechdal” appears
the donkeysאֲתֹנוֹתatonot

female donkey

Female donkey.

Where else “atonot” appears
and worryדָאַגdaag

be anxious

Be anxious, worry about someone or something.

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The context

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6But he said to him, “Look, please, there is a man of Elohim in this city, and the man is held in honor; all that he says surely comes about. Now let us go there; perhaps he will tell us our way on which we should go.”

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