He refusedוַיְמָאֵןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I will notלֹאeat.”אֹכַלBut his servants,וַ עֲבָדָיוand the womanוְ הָאִשָּׁהtoo,גַםurgedיִּפְרְצוּhim,בוֹand he listenedוַיִּשְׁמַעto their voice;לְקֹלָםhe aroseוַיָּקָםfromמֵthe groundהָאָרֶץand satוַיֵּשֶׁבonאֶלthe bed.הַמִּטָּה
1 Samuel 28:23
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 28:23, word by word
- He refusedיְמָאֵןyemaen
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “yemaen” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- eatאֹכַלochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochal” appears- But his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- and the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- urgedיִּפְרְצוּyifrtsu
urge
To press someone.
Where else “yifrtsu” appears- and he listenedיִּשְׁמַעyishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishma” appears- to their voiceקֹלָkola
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appears- he aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- and satיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appears- the bedמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears
The context
22Now 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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she hurried and sacrificed it; she took flour, kneaded it, and baked it into unleavened bread.