Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 15:11
“It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5162 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
- Grammar
- נִחַ֗מְתִּי — verb Niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 108 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:29Genesis 6:6Genesis 6:7Genesis 24:67Genesis 27:42
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָחַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.