He wentוַיֵּלֶךְthere,שָׁםtoאֶלNaiothנָיוֹתin Ramah;בָּרָמָהand the spiritוַ רוּחַof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםwasתְּהִיupon himעָלָיוtoo,גַּם הוּאand he kept on goingוַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְand prophesyingוַיִּתְנַבֵּאuntilעַדhe cameבֹּאוֹto Naiothבְּנָיוֹתin Ramah.בָּרָמָה
1 Samuel 19:23
Study it in the app“He went there, to Naioth in Ramah; and the spirit of Elohim was upon him too, and he kept on going and prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 19:23, word by word
- He wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Naiothנָיוֹתnayot
Naioth
Naioth: a place in Ramah where Samuel lived with the prophets and where David took refuge. The name may mean "dwellings".
Where else “nayot” appears- in Ramahרָמָהrama
Ramah
See it on the mapWhere else “rama” appears- and the spiritרוּחַruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- wasתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- and he kept on goingהָלוֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and prophesyingיִּתְנַבֵּאyitnabe
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “yitnabe” appears- he cameבֹּאbo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appears
Places in this verse
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
The context
22He too went to Ramah, and came as far as the great cistern that is in Secu; and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And one said, “Look, at Naioth in Ramah.”
23 · This verse (above)
24He too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel, and fell down naked all that day and all the night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”