New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 9:3-4

3Now the donkeysהָאֲתֹנ֔וֹתha.'a.to.NotH860of Kishלְקִ֖ישׁle.KishH7027,Saul’sשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1,had wanderedH6offH6.So Kishקִ֜ישׁkishH7027saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his sonבְּנ֗וֹbe.NoH1121Saulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586, “Nowנָ֤אna'H4994takeקַח־kach-H3947with you oneאַחַ֣ד'a.ChadH259of the servantsמֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔יםme.ha.ne.'a.RimH5288and ariseוְק֣וּםve.KumH6965,goלֵ֔ךְLekhH1980searchבַּקֵּ֖שׁba.KeshH1245for the donkeysהָאֲתֹנֹֽת׃ha.'a.to.NotH860.”

4So he passedוַיַּעֲבֹ֧רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674throughthe hillבְּהַר־be.har-H2022countryH2022of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669and passedוַיַּעֲבֹ֥רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674through the landבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776ofShalishahשָׁלִ֖שָׁהsha.Li.shahH8031,but they did not findמָצָ֑אוּma.Tza.'uH4672them.Then they passedוַיַּעַבְר֤וּvai.ya.'av.RuH5674through the landבְאֶֽרֶץ־ve.'e.retz-H776ofShaalimשַׁעֲלִים֙sha.'a.LimH8171, but they were not there.Then he passedוַיַּעֲבֹ֥רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674through the landבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776of the BenjaminitesH1145,but they did not findמָצָֽאוּ׃ma.Tza.'uH4672them.

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