But he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאthere is a manאִישׁof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםin thisהַזֹּאתcity,בָּעִירand the manוְהָאִישׁis held in honor;נִכְבָּדallכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe saysיְדַבֵּרsurely comes about.בּוֹא יָבוֹאNowעַתָּהlet us goנֵלֲכָהthere;שָּׁםperhapsאוּלַיhe will tellיַגִּידusלָנוּour wayאֶת דַּרְכֵּנוּon whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָwe should go.”הָלַכְנוּ
1 Samuel 9:6
Study it in the app“But 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:6, word by word
- But he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- there is a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- is held in honorנִכְבָּדnichbad
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “nichbad” appears- he saysיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- surely comes aboutבּוֹאbo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appears- let us goנֵלֲכָהnelacha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelacha” appears- perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- he will tellיַגִּידyagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagid” appears- our wayדַּרְכֵּdarke
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darke” appears- we should goהָלַכְנוּhalachnu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachnu” appears
The context
5When 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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And Saul said to his young man, “But look, if we go, then what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sacks, and there is no gift to bring to the man of Elohim. What do we have?”