The womanהָאִשָּׁהsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Look,הִנֵּהyouאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרSaulשָׁאוּלhas done,עָשָׂהhowאֲשֶׁרhe has cut offהִכְרִיתthose who call up the deadהָאֹבוֹתandוְאֶתthe spiritistsהַיִּדְּעֹנִיfromמִןthe land.הָאָרֶץWhyוְלָמָהthen are youאַתָּהlaying a snareמִתְנַקֵּשׁfor my lifeבְּנַפְשִׁיto put me to death?”לַהֲמִיתֵנִי
1 Samuel 28:9
Study it in the app“The 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?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 28:9, word by word
- The womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- 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- has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- he has cut offהִכְרִיתhichrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrit” appears- those who call up the deadאֹבוֹתovot
medium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ovot” appears- the spiritistsיִּדְּעֹנִיyidoni
spiritist
Someone who claims to consult the dead.
Where else “yidoni” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- laying a snareמִתְנַקֵּשׁmitnakesh
lay a snare
Secretly set something to catch someone.
Where else “mitnakesh” appears- for my lifeנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- to put me to deathהֲמִיתֵhamite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamite” appears
The context
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.”
9 · This verse (above)
10Saul swore to her by YHWH, saying, “As YHWH lives, no guilt shall come upon you for this matter.”