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1 Samuel 28:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.


1 Samuel 28:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 28:1420 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הּ֙lāh
pron
מַֽהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תָּאֳר֔/וֹtāʾŏrwō
is appearance hisnounH8389
beautiful · comely · fair · favoured ···
וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֤ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
זָקֵן֙zāqēn
oldadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
עֹלֶ֔הʿōleh
is coming upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
וְ/ה֥וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
עֹטֶ֖הʿōṭeh
is wrappedverbH5844
be clad · cover (-ing · self) · fill ···
מְעִ֑ילməʿiyl
a robenounH4598
coat · mantle · robe
וַ/יֵּ֤דַעwayēdaʿ
and he knewconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֣לšəmwʾēl
was SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
ה֔וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וַ/יִּקֹּ֥דwayiqōd
and he bowed lowconjH6915
stoop
אַפַּ֛יִםʾapayim
facenounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
אַ֖רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
the ground towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יִּשְׁתָּֽחוּwayišətāḥw
and he bowed downconjH7812
crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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