King James Version

1 Samuel 28:11

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

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וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙vatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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…הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הhaishahthe eachאִשָּׁהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מִ֖יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.אַֽעֲלֶהaalehascend upעָלָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “ascend up”, an unfinished actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…לָּ֑ךְlakhetoלָּ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁמוּאֵ֖לshemuelShemuelשְׁמוּאֵלnoun, proper name — “Shemuel”H8050Shemuel, the name of three IsraelitesSamuel, Shemuel.הַֽעֲלִיhaaliascend upעָלָהverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “ascend up”, a commandH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up to you?” He said, “Bring Samuel up for me.”

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ, τίνα ἀναγάγω σοι; καὶ εἶπε, τὸν Σαμουὴλ ἀνάγαγέ μοι.