King James Version

1 Samuel 9:25

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

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וַיֵּרְד֥וּvayeredvand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…מֵהַבָּמָ֖הmehabamahfrom the heightבָּמָהpreposition, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from the height”, the ordinary formH1116an elevationheight, high place, wave.הָעִ֑ירhairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvaydaberand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).שָׁא֖וּלshaulShaulשָׁאוּלnoun, proper name — “Shaul”H7586Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesSaul, Shaul.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַגָּֽגhagagthe roofגָּגdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the roof”, the ordinary formH1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarroof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul upon the housetop.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.

World English Bible

When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.

Darby Translation

And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof.

Douay-Rheims

And they went down from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul upon the top of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on the top of the house, and he slept.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul upon the housetop.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατέβη ἐκ τῆς Βαμᾶ εἰς τὴν πόλιν· καὶ διέστρωσαν τῷ Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τῷ δώματι, καὶ ἐκοιμήθη.