1 Samuel
1 Samuel 28:13
13“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?”
“I see a godb coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
Footnotes
- b 28:13 Or I see a spirit or I see a divine being
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| be afraid | תִּֽירְאִ֖י | tî·rə·’î | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H3372 fear |
| the king | הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| replied | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| What | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you see | רָאִ֑ית | rā·’îṯ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H7200 see |
| I see | רָאִ֖יתִי | rā·’î·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7200 see |
| a god | אֱלֹהִ֥ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| coming up | עֹלִ֥ים | ‘ō·lîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| out of | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the earth | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| the woman | הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ | hā·’iš·šāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| answered | וַתֹּ֤אמֶר | wat·tō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.