Saulשָׁאוּלdisguised himselfוַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂand put onוַיִּלְבַּשׁotherאֲחֵרִיםclothes,בְּגָדִיםand heוַ הוּאwent,יֵּלֶךְand twoוּשְׁנֵיmenאֲנָשִׁיםwith him;עִמּוֹthey cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe womanהָאִשָּׁהby night.לָיְלָהAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Pleaseנָאdivineקָסֳמִיfor meלִיby calling up the dead,בָּאוֹבand bring upוְהַעֲלִיfor meלִיthe oneאֲשֶׁרI nameאֹמַרto you.”אֵלָיִךְ
1 Samuel 28:8
Study it in the app“Saul 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 28:8, word by word
- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
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” appears- disguised himselfיִּתְחַפֵּשׂyitchapes
disguise
To change one's look so as not to be recognized.
Where else “yitchapes” appears- and put onיִּלְבַּשׁyilbash
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “yilbash” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- clothesבְּגָדִיםbegadim
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begadim” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelech” appears- and twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- they cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Pleaseנָאna
practice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “na” appears- by calling up the deadאוֹבov
medium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ov” appears- and bring upהַעֲלִיhaali
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haali” appears
The context
7Saul 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.”
8 · This verse (above)
9The woman said to him, “Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who call up the dead and the spiritists from the land. Why then are you laying a snare for my life to put me to death?”