1 Samuel 28:22

Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The medium addresses Saul immediately after complying with his command to summon the dead Samuel, urging him to eat before departing.

The words — The imperative שְׁמַֽע (she.ma'-) commands “listen,” while the cohortative וְ/אָשִׂ֧מָה (ve./'a.Si.mah) proposes “let me set.”

The thread — The plea to heed a servant’s voice and the motif of provision for strength recur in Genesis 18:5 and Exodus 12:11.

Why it lands — The text demands Saul accept sustenance from the very woman he summoned, testing his willingness to submit to her aid despite his royal authority.

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The Hebrew words

וְעַתָּ֗הve./'a.Tahand/ now שְׁמַֽע־she.ma'-listen נָ֤אna'please גַם־gam-also אַתָּה֙'a.Tahyou בְּק֣וֹלbe./Kolto/ [the] voice of שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָshif.cha.Te./khamaidservant/ your וְאָשִׂ֧מָהve./'a.Si.mahso/ let me set לְפָנֶ֛יךָle./fa.Nei./kha<to>/ before/ you פַּת־pat-a piece of לֶ֖חֶםLe.chembread וֶאֱכ֑וֹלve./'e.Kholand/ eat וִיהִ֤יvi./Hiso/ may it beבְךָ֙ve./Khain <the>/ youכֹּ֔חַKo.achstrength כִּ֥יkifor תֵלֵ֖ךְte.Lekhyou will go בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba./Da.rekhon the/ way

King James Version

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.