When theyהֵמָּהcameבָּאוּto the landבְּאֶרֶץof Zuph,צוּףSaulוְשָׁאוּלsaidאָמַרto his young manלְנַעֲרוֹwhoאֲשֶׁרwas with him,עִמּוֹ“Come,לְכָהlet us go back,וְנָשׁוּבָהor elseפֶּןmy fatherאָבִיwill stop thinkingיֶחְדַּלaboutמִןthe donkeysהָאֲתֹנוֹתand worryוְדָאַגabout us.”לָנוּ
1 Samuel 9:5
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “daag” appears
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.”