Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 28:16 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Samuel 28:16, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Then saidto say (used with great latitude)
2שְׁמוּאֵ֔לH8050Samuelshemuel, the name of three israelites
3וְלָ֖מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
4תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִיH7592Wherefore then dost thou askto inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
5וַֽיהוָ֛הH3068of me seeing the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
6סָ֥רH5493is departedto turn off (literally or figuratively)
7מֵֽעָלֶ֖יךָH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8וַיְהִ֥יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9עָרֶֽךָ׃H6145from thee and is become thine enemya foe (as watchful for mischief)

Verse Context

1 Samuel 28:15answered And Samuel And Saul Why hast thou disquieted...
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
1 Samuel 28:17hath done And the LORD to him as he spake by me...

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