שָׁא֔וּל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁא֔וּל

   sha-UL

   Saul
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְצִיבָ֣א נַֽעַר בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל

   ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL

   and Ziba servant boy or attendant house of Saul
3. clause🔊 וְאֶ֨לֶף אִ֣ישׁ עִמּ֔וֹ מִבְּנְיָמִ֖ן וְצִיבָ֣א נַֽעַר בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וַחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת עָשָׂ֖ר בָּנָ֣יו וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים עֲבָדָ֖יו אִתּ֑וֹ

   ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO

   and a thousand men or man with him from Benjamin and Ziba servant boy or attendant house of Saul and five {of} ten his sons and twenty his servants with him
4. sentence🔊 וְאֶ֨לֶף אִ֣ישׁ עִמּ֔וֹ מִבְּנְיָמִ֖ן וְצִיבָ֣א נַֽעַר בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וַחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת עָשָׂ֖ר בָּנָ֣יו וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים עֲבָדָ֖יו אִתּ֑וֹ וְצָלְח֥וּ הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN lif-NE ha-ME-lekh

   and a thousand men or man with him from Benjamin and Ziba servant boy or attendant house of Saul and five {of} ten his sons and twenty his servants with him and they rushed or pressed on the Jordan before the king

Exegesis

The coordinating wə-ṣīḇā {וְצִיבָא | wə-ṣī-ḇā} ‘and Ziba’ introduces the proper name, with nāʿār bēṯ-šāʼûl {נַעַר בֵּית־שָׁאוּל | nāʿār bēt-šāʼûl} ‘servant of the house of Saul’ modifying his role.