The Meaning of 1 Samuel 28:11 Explained

1 Samuel 28:11

KJV: Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

YLT: And the woman saith, 'Whom do I bring up to thee?' and he saith, 'Samuel -- bring up to me.'

Darby: Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

ASV: Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 28:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

What does 1 Samuel 28:11 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 28:1-14 - Resorting To A Familiar Spirit

This chapter records the climax to which Saul's sins led, and which sealed his fate. See 1 Chronicles 10:13-14. He went back to that which he had put away and sought counsel of a familiar spirit, 2 Peter 2:20-22.

The soul cannot live apart from the unseen world. It is its native element. Divorce it from God, and it will fill the empty space with demons. When the king could get no answer to his questions by the usual means, he sent his servants, in desperation, to seek for a medium. Had he been right with God, there would have been no need for this. It is the decay of the old religious spirit that nowadays gives occasion for the rise of crystal-gazing, palmistry and spirit-rapping. What a tragedy was presented that night in the witch's hut, and how terrible must have been Saul's long tramp to and fro, between his own encampment and Endor, which lay in the rear of the Philistine host! It is an evil thing and a bitter to forsake the fountain of living waters, and hew out "broken cisterns that can hold no water," Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:19. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 28

¹ Achish puts confidence in David
³ Saul having destroyed the witches
⁴ and now in his fear forsaken of God
⁷ has recourse to a witch
⁸ who, encouraged by Saul, raises up Samuel
¹⁵ Saul hearing his ruin, faints
²¹ The woman and his servants refresh him with meat

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 28:11 mean?

And said the woman - Whom shall I bring up for you and he said Samuel bring up for me

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־ מִ֖י אַֽעֲלֶה־ לָּ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הַֽעֲלִי־ לִֽי

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	And said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה	the woman
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מִ֖י	Whom
Parse: Interrogative Root: מִי Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
אַֽעֲלֶה־	shall I bring up
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
לָּ֑ךְ	for you
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	and he said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	Samuel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁמוּאֵל Sense: son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David.
הַֽעֲלִי־	bring up
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, feminine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
לִֽי	for me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular

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