Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 28:16 Interlinear

“Then said Samuel Wherefore then dost thou ask of me seeing the LORD is departed from thee and is become thine enemy”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	H559	Then said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	H8050	Samuel	shemuel, the name of three israelites
3	וְלָ֖מָּה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
4	תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִי	H7592	Wherefore then dost thou ask	to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
5	וַֽיהוָ֛ה	H3068	of me seeing the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
6	סָ֥ר	H5493	is departed	to turn off (literally or figuratively)
7	מֵֽעָלֶ֖יךָ	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	וַיְהִ֥י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9	עָרֶֽךָ׃	H6145	from thee and is become thine enemy	a foe (as watchful for mischief)

1 Samuel 28:16 (current)Then said Samuel Wherefore then dost thou ask of me seeing the LORD is departed from thee and is become thine enemy