1 Samuel

1 Samuel 9:5

⁵When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When they	הֵ֗מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
reached	בָּ֚אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Zuph	צ֔וּף	ṣūp̄	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6689 Tsuph, Tsophai, Tsiph
Saul	וְשָׁא֥וּל	wə·šā·’ūl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
said	אָמַ֛ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to his servant	לְנַעֲר֥וֹ	lə·na·‘ă·rōw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
Come	לְכָ֣ה	lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
let us go back	וְנָשׁ֑וּבָה	wə·nā·šū·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H7725 turn back, return
or	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
my father	אָבִ֛י	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
will stop	יֶחְדַּ֥ל	yeḥ·dal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2308 cease
about	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the donkeys	הָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת	hā·’ă·ṯō·nō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H860 she-ass
and start worrying	וְדָ֥אַג	wə·ḏā·’aḡ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1672 be anxious, concerned, fear
about us	לָֽנוּ׃	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.