Parallel Strong's Berean Study Biblea man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?” Young's Literal Translation And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, ‘What seekest thou?’ King James Bible And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was] wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? Hebrew a manאִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 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 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 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray in the field בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (baś·śā·ḏeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 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 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand “What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what are you looking for?” תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ (tə·ḇaq·qêš) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after |