They answered and said to them: He is: behold he is before you, make haste now: for he came to day into the city, for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place.
וַתַּעֲנֶ֧ינָה אוֹתָ֛ם וַתֹּאמַ֥רְנָה יֵּ֖שׁ הִנֵּ֣ה לְפָנֶ֑יךָ מַהֵ֣ר ׀ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֤י הַיּוֹם֙ בָּ֣א לָעִ֔יר כִּ֣י זֶ֧בַח הַיּ֛וֹם לָעָ֖ם בַּבָּמָֽה׃
One Church Father comments on this verse
The term Vama translates to high, while the term ‘Gavaa’ found in 1 Samuel 10:26 refers to a hill. The word ‘strangers’ in 1 Samuel 9:13 denotes those who are invited to the feast, and the term ‘shoulder’ in 1 Samuel 9:24 signifies a foot.
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