Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 28:3 Interlinear

Now Samuel was dead had lamented and all Israel him and buried him in Ramah even in his own city And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּשְׁמוּאֵ֣לH8050Now Samuelshemuel, the name of three israelites
2מֵ֔תH4191was deadto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
3וַיִּסְפְּדוּH5594had lamentedproperly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
4לוֹ֙H0
5כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478and all Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
7וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּH6912him and buriedto inter
8בָֽרָמָ֖הH7414him in Ramahramah, the name of four places in palestine
9וּבְעִיר֑וֹH5892even in his own citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
10וְשָׁא֗וּלH7586And Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
11הֵסִ֛ירH5493had put awayto turn off (literally or figuratively)
12הָֽאֹב֥וֹתH178those that had familiar spiritsproperly, a mumble, i.e., a water-skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
13וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֖יםH3049and the wizardsproperly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
15מֵֽהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776out of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

1 Samuel 28:2said And David And Achish Surely ...
1 Samuel 28:3 (current)Now Samuel was dead had lamented and all Israel him and buried him in Ramah even in his own city And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land
1 Samuel 28:4gathered And the Philistines and came and pitched in Shunem gathered...

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