Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there. Young's Literal Translation And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. King James Bible Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. Hebrew So Saul,שָׁא֗וּל (šā·’ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites accompanied by וְאִתּ֛וֹ (wə·’it·tōw) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among three שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־ (šə·lō·šeṯ-) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice thousand אֲלָפִ֥ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm) Number - masculine plural Strong's 505: A thousand choice men אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc went down וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ (way·yê·reḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Wilderness מִדְבַּר־ (miḏ·bar-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech of Ziph זִ֔יף (zîp̄) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2128: Ziph -- a son of Judah, also a city Southeast of Hebron and a city in southern Judah to search for לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (lə·ḇaq·qêš) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after David דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse there. בְּמִדְבַּר־ (bə·miḏ·bar-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech |
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