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The servantsעַבְדֵיof Saulשָׁאוּלsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאan evil spiritרוּחַ רָעָהof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםis terrifying you.מְבַעִתֶּךָ
1 Samuel 16:15
Study it in the app“The servants of Saul said to him, “Look, please, an evil spirit of Elohim is terrifying you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 16:15, word by word
- The servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears- of Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- an evil spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- an evil spiritרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- is terrifying youמְבַעִתֶּmevaite
terrify, frighten
To terrify, to startle suddenly, to fill with dread.
Where else “mevaite” appears
Translation note
Word for word: “a spirit of Elohim, evil.” Verse 14 says that it came “from YHWH.”
The context
14The spirit of YHWH departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from YHWH terrified him.
15 · This verse (above)
16Please let our lord speak: your servants are before you; they will seek a man who knows how to play the lyre; and it will be, when the evil spirit of Elohim is upon you, that he will play with his hand, and it will be well with you.”