1 Samuel 9:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"As for your donkeysוְלָאֲתֹנֹ֞ות
(ve·la·'a·to·no·vt)
860: a female donkeyfrom an unused word
which were lostהָאֹבְדֹ֣ות
(ha·'o·ve·do·vt)
6: to perisha prim. root
threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
(she·lo·shet)
7969: a three, triadof uncertain derivation
daysהַיֹּום֙
(hai·yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
ago,הַיָּמִ֔ים
(hai·ya·mim,)
3117: daya prim. root
do not setתָּ֧שֶׂם
(ta·sem)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
your mindלִבְּךָ֛
(lib·be·cha)
3820: inner man, mind, will, heartfrom the same as lebab
on them, for they have been found.נִמְצָ֑אוּ
(nim·tza·'u;)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
And for whomוּלְמִי֙
(u·le·mi)
4310: who?a prim. pronoun
is allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
that is desirableחֶמְדַּ֣ת
(chem·dat)
2532: desire, delightfem. of chemed
in Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
(yis·ra·'el,)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
Is it not for you and for allוּלְכֹ֖ל
(u·le·chol)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
your father'sאָבִֽיךָ׃
(a·vi·cha.)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
household?"בֵּ֥ית
(beit)
1004: a housea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And as for thine asses
'athown  (aw-thone')
a female donkey (from its docility) -- (she) ass.
that were lost
'abad  (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
three
shalowsh  (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
ago
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
set
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
not thy mind
leb  (labe)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
on them for they are found
matsa'  (maw-tsaw')
to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
And on whom is all the desire
chemdah  (khem-daw')
delight -- desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Is it not on thee and on all thy father's
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's household?"

King James Bible
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As for the donkeys that wandered away from you three days ago, don't worry about them because they've been found. And who does all Israel desire but you and all your father's family?"

International Standard Version
Now as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, don't give any thought to them, because they've been found. Meanwhile, to whom is all Israel looking, if not to you and all of your father's household?"

NET Bible
Don't be concerned about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father's family?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Don't trouble yourself about the donkeys that were lost three days ago because they've been found. Who will have all that is desirable in Israel? Won't it be you and your father's family?"

King James 2000 Bible
And as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, set not your mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you, and on all your father's house?
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