1 Samuel 28:22

“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.””

1 Samuel 28:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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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.

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on your wayדָּרֶךְdarech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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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.

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