Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 28:23
“But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3985 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to refuse
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- refuse, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְמָאֵ֗ן — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:35Genesis 39:8Genesis 48:19Exodus 4:23Exodus 7:14
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 מָאֵן 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.