1 Samuel 28:16
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שְׁמוּאֵל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
Shemuel, the name of three Israelites
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Key Terms in This Verse
μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
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