“And, behold,” | וְהִנֵּ֣ה | Lo! | behold |
“Saul” | שָׁא֗וּל | Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites | Saul |
“came” | בָּ֣א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
“after” | אַֽחֲרֵ֤י | Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) | after |
“the herd” | הַבָּקָר֙ | A beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd | herd |
“out of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | out |
“the field;” | הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | A field (as flat) | field |
“and Saul” | שָׁא֔וּל | Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites | Saul |
“said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
“What” | מַה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | What |
“aileth” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“the people” | לָּעָ֖ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
“that” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
“they weep?” | יִבְכּ֑וּ | To weep; generally to bemoan | weep |
“And they told” | וַיְסַ֨פְּרוּ | Properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebrate | told |
“him” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | him |
“the tidings” | דִּבְרֵ֖י | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | tidings |
“of the men” | אַנְשֵׁ֥י | Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) | men |
“of Jabesh.” | יָבֵֽישׁ׃ | Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine | Jabesh |