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1 Samuel 28:8
“And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2664 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:35Genesis 44:121 Samuel 23:231 Kings 20:61 Kings 20:38
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 חָפַשׂ 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.