1 Samuelchapter 28
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Saul and the Witch of Endor, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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1 Samuel 28— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
God answers not by dreams, nor Urim, nor prophets1
1 Samuel 28:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
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The woman at En-dor and an old man in a robe7
1 Samuel 28:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
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1 Samuel 28:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on I Samuel 28:12
She screamed loudly. For she saw him ascending not in the usual manner. Radak suggests that the moment the woman saw the manner in which Shmuel came up, she realized that the man who had come to her was Shaul, and that is why she screamed.
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1 Samuel 28:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
1 Samuel 28:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
To-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me15
1 Samuel 28:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on I Samuel 28:15
Have you disturbed me. You have frightened me. 14 The Midrash explains that Shmuel feared that his day of judgment had come. See above verse—Radak
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1 Samuel 28:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on I Samuel 28:16
But why do you ask me. Since you have inquired of the living prophets.
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