Study it in the app“The king said to Ziba, “What are these to you?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the household of the king to ride, and the bread and the summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the exhausted in the wilderness to drink.””
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלZiba,צִיבָא“Whatמָהare theseאֵלֶּהto you?”לָּךְZibaצִיבָאsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“The donkeysהַחֲמוֹרִיםare for the householdלְבֵיתof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְto ride,לִרְכֹּבand the breadוְהַלֶּחֶםand the summer fruitוְהַקַּיִץfor the young menהַנְּעָרִיםto eat,לֶאֱכוֹלand the wineוְהַיַּיִןfor the exhaustedהַיָּעֵףin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרto drink.”לִשְׁתּוֹת
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsZiba
Ziba, a servant of the house of Saul whom David put in charge of Mephibosheth's lands (2 Samuel 9; 16; 19).
Where else “tsiva” appearsdonkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearsride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rekov” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearssummer fruit
The fruits that ripen in summer, like figs and grapes.
Where else “kayits” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsweary, faint
Exhausted, without strength from weariness or thirst.
Where else “yaef” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears1David had gone on a little from the summit, and there was Ziba, the young man of Mephibosheth, to meet him, with a pair of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
2 · This verse (above)
3The king said, “And where is the son of your master?” Ziba said to the king, “Look, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.’”
