Genesis 37:15
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And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

Genesis 37:14
I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:

Genesis 37:16
But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.

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And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

he was.

Genesis 21:14 So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee.

What.

Judges 4:22 And behold, Barac came pursuing after Sisara: and Jahel went out to meet him, and said to him: Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, he saw Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened in his temples.

2 Kings 6:19 And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.

John 1:38 And Jesus turning and seeing them following him, saith to them: What seek you? Who said to him: Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where dwellest thou?

John 4:27 And immediately his disciples came. And they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou? Or: Why talkest thou with her?

John 18:4,7 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth and said to them: Whom seek ye? . . .

John 20:15 Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, thinking that it was the gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him: and I will take him away.

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14I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem: 15And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.16But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.…
Lexicon
a man
אִ֔ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

found him
וַיִּמְצָאֵ֣הוּ (way·yim·ṣā·’ê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

wandering
תֹעֶ֖ה (ṯō·‘eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray

in the field
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (baś·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

and asked,
וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ (way·yiš·’ā·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you looking for?”
תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ (tə·ḇaq·qêš)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after


Additional Translations
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you?

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And a certain man found him, and behold he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, 'What seekest thou?'
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