King James Version

1 Samuel 16:14

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

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וְר֧וּחַveruchaand angerרוּחַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).יְהוָ֛הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).סָ֖רָהsarahturnסוּרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “turn”, a completed actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מֵעִ֣םmeimfrom withעִםpreposition, preposition — “from with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).שָׁא֑וּלshaulShaulשָׁאוּלnoun, proper name — “Shaul”H7586Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesSaul, Shaul.וּבִֽעֲתַ֥תּוּuviatatvand affrightבָּעַתconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and affright”, a completed actionH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.רֽוּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).רָעָ֖הraahbadרַעadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…מֵאֵ֥תmeetfrom amongאֵתpreposition, preposition — “from among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;

World English Bible

Now Yahweh’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.

Darby Translation

And the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.

Douay-Rheims

But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἀπέστη ἀπὸ Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἔπνιγεν αὐτὸν πνεῦμα πονηρὸν παρὰ Κυρίου.