2 Samuel 16:2

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And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

In other translations

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶל־'el-toH413צִיבָאtziva'ZibaH6717מָה־mah-what?H4100אֵלֶּה'eleh[are] these [things]H428לָּךְlakhto <the> youוַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559צִיבָאtziva'ZibaH6717הַחֲמוֹרִיםhachamorimthe donkeysH2543לְבֵית־leveit-[are] for [the] household ofH1004הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428לִרְכֹּבlirkoto rideH7392וְהַלֶּחֶםuhalechemand the breadH3899וְהַקַּיִץvehakayitzand the summer fruitH7019לֶאֱכוֹלle'ekhol[are] to eatH398הַנְּעָרִיםhane'arimthe young menH5288וְהַיַּיִןvehaiyayinand the wineH3196לִשְׁתּוֹתlishtot[is] to drinkH8354הַיָּעֵףhaiya'efthe weary [person]H3287בַּמִּדְבָּר׃bamidbarin the wildernessH4057

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

People: Ziba

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