3{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.3",
"source": "וַתֹּאבַ֙דְנָה֙ הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת לְקִ֖ישׁ אֲבִ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וַיֹּ֨אמֶר קִ֜ישׁ אֶל־שָׁא֣וּל בְּנ֗וֹ קַח־נָ֤א אִתְּךָ֙ אֶת־אַחַ֣ד מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים וְק֣וּם לֵ֔ךְ בַּקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־הָאֲתֹנֹֽת׃",
"text": "And *wattōʾḇadnāh* *hāʾăṯōnôṯ* belonging to-*qîš* *ʾăḇî* *šāʾûl*; and *wayyōʾmer* *qîš* to-*šāʾûl* *bənô*: *qaḥ*-*nāʾ* with-you *ʾeṯ*-one from-*hannəʿārîm* and-*qûm* *lēḵ* *baqqēš* *ʾeṯ*-*hāʾăṯōnōṯ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wattōʾḇadnāh*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd plural feminine - and they were lost",
"*hāʾăṯōnôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural, with definite article - the female donkeys",
"*ʾăḇî*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - father of",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said",
"*bənô*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd singular masculine suffix - his son",
"*qaḥ*": "Qal imperative, 2nd singular masculine - take",
"*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now",
"*hannəʿārîm*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the young men/servants",
"*qûm*": "Qal imperative, 2nd singular masculine - arise",
"*lēḵ*": "Qal imperative, 2nd singular masculine - go",
"*baqqēš*": "Piel imperative, 2nd singular masculine - seek/search for",
"*hāʾăṯōnōṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural with definite article - the female donkeys"
},
"variants": {
"*wattōʾḇadnāh*": "were lost/went astray/wandered off",
"*hannəʿārîm*": "young men/servants/attendants",
"*baqqēš*": "seek/search for/look for"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.4",
"source": "וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר בְּהַר־אֶפְרַ֛יִם וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־שָׁלִ֖שָׁה וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אוּ וַיַּעַבְר֤וּ בְאֶֽרֶץ־שַׁעֲלִים֙ וָאַ֔יִן וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־יְמִינִ֖י וְלֹ֥א מָצָֽאוּ׃",
"text": "And *wayyaʿăḇōr* in-*har*-*ʾep̄rayim* and *wayyaʿăḇōr* in-*ʾereṣ*-*šālišāh* and-not *māṣāʾû*; and *wayyaʿaḇrû* in-*ʾereṣ*-*šaʿălîm* and-*wāʾayin*; and *wayyaʿăḇōr* in-*ʾereṣ*-*yəmînî* and-not *māṣāʾû*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaʿăḇōr*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he passed through",
"*har*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - hill/mountain of",
"*ʾep̄rayim*": "proper noun - Ephraim",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - land of",
"*šālišāh*": "proper noun - Shalisha",
"*māṣāʾû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd plural common - they found",
"*wayyaʿaḇrû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they passed through",
"*šaʿălîm*": "proper noun - Shaalim",
"*wāʾayin*": "conjunction + adverb of negation - and there was not/they were not there",
"*yəmînî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - Benjamite/of Benjamin"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyaʿăḇōr*": "passed through/crossed over/traversed",
"*har*": "hill country/mountain/highlands",
"*ʾereṣ*": "land/territory/country",
"*wāʾayin*": "but they were not there/but nothing/but to no avail",
"*yəmînî*": "Benjamin/Benjamite territory/land of Yemini"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.9.5",
"source": "הֵ֗מָּה בָּ֚אוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ צ֔וּף וְשָׁא֥וּל אָמַ֛ר לְנַעֲר֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֖וֹ לְכָ֣ה וְנָשׁ֑וּבָה פֶּן־יֶחְדַּ֥ל אָבִ֛י מִן־הָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת וְדָ֥אַג לָֽנוּ׃",
"text": "*hēmmāh bāʾû* in-*ʾereṣ* *ṣûp̄* and-*šāʾûl* *ʾāmar* to-*naʿărô* who-with-him, *ləḵāh* and-*nāšûḇāh* lest-*yeḥdal* *ʾāḇî* from-*hāʾăṯōnôṯ* and-*dāʾag* for-us.",
"grammar": {
"*hēmmāh*": "pronoun, 3rd plural masculine - they",
"*bāʾû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd plural common - they came/entered",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - land of",
"*ṣûp̄*": "proper noun - Zuph",
"*ʾāmar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said",
"*naʿărô*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd singular masculine suffix - his servant/young man",
"*ləḵāh*": "Qal imperative, 2nd singular masculine - come/go",
"*nāšûḇāh*": "Qal cohortative, 1st plural - let us return",
"*yeḥdal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - he will cease/stop worrying",
"*ʾāḇî*": "noun, masculine, singular + 1st singular suffix - my father",
"*hāʾăṯōnôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural with definite article - the female donkeys",
"*dāʾag*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he worried/was anxious"
},
"variants": {
"*ləḵāh*": "come/go/proceed",
"*yeḥdal*": "cease/stop worrying/abandon concern",
"*dāʾag*": "worry/be anxious/be concerned"
}
}