1 Samuel 9:6

“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.””

1 Samuel 9:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

6

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?”

Read all of 1 Samuel 9

How to use it