Study it in the app“Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who calls up the dead, that I may go to her and consult through her.” His servants said to him, “Look, there is a woman who calls up the dead at Endor.””
Saulשָׁאוּלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his servants,לַעֲבָדָיו“Seekבַּקְּשׁוּfor meלִיa womanאֵשֶׁתwho calls up the dead,בַּעֲלַת אוֹבthat I may goוְאֵלְכָהto herאֵלֶיהָand consultוְאֶדְרְשָׁהthrough her.”בָּהּHis servantsעֲבָדָיוsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Look,הִנֵּהthere is a womanאֵשֶׁתwho calls up the deadבַּעֲלַת אוֹבat Endor.”בְּעֵין דּוֹר
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bakshu” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “eshet” appearsmedium
A woman who claims to make the departed speak.
Where else “baalat” appearsmedium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ov” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elcha” appearsconsult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “edrsha” appearsEn-dor
En-dor: a town of Manasseh near Mount Tabor. The name means "spring of Dor."
Where else “en” appears6Saul inquired of YHWH, but YHWH did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.
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8Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Please divine for me by calling up the dead, and bring up for me the one I name to you.”
