What Does 1 Samuel 19:23 Mean?

“on”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

near, with or among; often in general, to

“thither to Naioth”

navith, a place in palestine

“in Ramah”

ramah, the name of four places in palestine

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“and the Spirit”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“of God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“And he went”

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

“on”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and prophesied”

to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until he came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“thither to Naioth”

navith, a place in palestine

“in Ramah”

ramah, the name of four places in palestine