צִיבָ֛א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צִיבָ֛א

   tsi-VA

   Ziba
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהִנֵּ֥ה צִיבָ֛א

   ve-hin-NE tsi-VA

   and behold Ziba
3. clause🔊 וְדָוִ֗ד עָבַ֤ר מְעַט֙ מֵֽהָרֹ֔אשׁ וְהִנֵּ֥ה צִיבָ֛א נַ֥עַר מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת לִקְרָאת֑וֹ

   ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO

   and David passed over a little from the top and behold Ziba servant of Mephibosheth to meet him
4. sentence🔊 וְדָוִ֗ד עָבַ֤ר מְעַט֙ מֵֽהָרֹ֔אשׁ וְהִנֵּ֥ה צִיבָ֛א נַ֥עַר מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וְצֶ֨מֶד חֲמֹרִ֜ים חֲבֻשִׁ֗ים וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩ מָאתַ֨יִם לֶ֜חֶם וּמֵאָ֧ה צִמּוּקִ֛ים וּמֵ֥אָה קַ֖יִץ וְנֵ֥בֶל יָֽיִן׃

   ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem u-me-A tsi-mu-KIM u-me-A ka-YITS ve-NE-vel YA-yin

   and David passed over a little from the top and behold Ziba servant of Mephibosheth to meet him and a pair of donkeys saddled and on them two hundred bread and one hundred raisins and one hundred summer fruit and a skin or jar wine

Exegesis

In “Ziba naʿar mə-pî-bō-šeṯ liqrāṯō” {צִיבָא נַעַר מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת לִקְרָאתוֹ}, the infinitive construct liqrāṯō expresses purpose “to meet him.” The provision list ve-ṣeḡmed ḥămôrîm ḥăvûšîm va-ʿălê-hem māṯayim lēḥem ū-mēʾā ṣimmūqîm ū-mēʾā qayits ve-neḇel yā-yin maintains Hebrew coordination and numeric emphasis while the English translation reorders to SVO for clarity.