Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 9:20
“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?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H860 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a female donkey (from its docility)
- Derivation
- probably from the same as H386 (אֵיתָן) (in the sense of patience);
- KJV renderings
- (she) ass.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לָ — preposition with definite article
- אֲתֹנ֞וֹת — common noun, feminine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:16Genesis 32:16Genesis 45:23Genesis 49:11Numbers 22:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָתוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.