Now then,וְעַתָּהpleaseנָאlistenשְׁמַעalsoגַםyourselfאַתָּהto the voiceבְּקוֹלof your servant:שִׁפְחָתֶךָlet me setוְאָשִׂמָהbefore youלְפָנֶיךָa morselפַּתof bread;לֶחֶםeat,וֶאֱכוֹלso that there may beוִיהִיin youבְךָstrengthכֹּחַwhenכִּיyou goתֵלֵךְon your way.”בַּדָּרֶךְ
1 Samuel 28:22
Study it in the app“Now then, please listen also yourself to the voice of your servant: let me set before you a morsel of bread; eat, so that there may be in you strength when you go on your way.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 28:22, word by word
- listenשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of your servantשִׁפְחָתֶshifchate
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchate” appears- let me setאָשִׂמָהasima
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asima” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- a morselפַּתpat
piece, morsel
Piece, morsel, bit of bread.
Where else “pat” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- eatאֱכוֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- so that there may beיהִיyhi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yhi” appears- strengthכֹּחַkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- you goתֵלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- on your wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
The context
21The woman came to Saul and saw that he was very terrified, and she said to him, “Look, your servant has listened to your voice; I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words that you spoke to me.
22 · This verse (above)
23He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, and the woman too, urged him, and he listened to their voice; he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.