1 Samuel

1 Samuel 9:4

⁴So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר	way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
through the hill country	בְּהַר־	bə·har-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
of Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֛יִם	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
and then through the land	בְּאֶֽרֶץ־	bə·’e·reṣ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Shalishah	שָׁלִ֖שָׁה	šā·li·šāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8031 Shalishah
but they did not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
find	מָצָ֑אוּ	mā·ṣā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4672 attain to, find
went	וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר	way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
through the region	בְאֶֽרֶץ־	ḇə·’e·reṣ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Shaalim	שַׁעֲלִים֙	ša·‘ă·lîm	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8171 Shaalim
but	וָאַ֔יִן	wā·’a·yin	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
Then they went	וַיַּעַבְר֤וּ	way·ya·‘aḇ·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
through the land	בְּאֶֽרֶץ־	bə·’e·reṣ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Benjamin	יְמִינִ֖י	yə·mî·nî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3227 right
and still they did not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
find them	מָצָֽאוּ׃	mā·ṣā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4672 attain to, find

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