King James Version

1 Samuel 16:15

And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

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וַיֹּאמְר֥וּvayomrvand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…עַבְדֵֽיavdeservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.שָׁא֖וּלshaulShaulשָׁאוּלnoun, proper name — “Shaul”H7586Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesSaul, Shaul.אֵלָ֑יוelayvamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הִנֵּהhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.נָ֧אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.רֽוּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “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).אֱלֹהִ֛יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.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…מְבַעִתֶּֽךָmevaitekhaaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “affright”, a verb used as a describing wordH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the servants of Saul say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, a spirit of sadness [from] God is terrifying thee;

World English Bible

Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

Darby Translation

And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles thee.

Douay-Rheims

And the servants of Saul said to him: Behold now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from the Lord torments thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδες Σαοὺλ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἰδοὺ δὴ, πνεῦμα Κυρίου πονηρὸν πνίγει σε·