1 Samuel 28:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to her, ‘What [is] his form?’ and she saith, ‘An aged man is coming up, and he [is] covered with an upper robe;’ and Saul knoweth that he [is] Samuel, and boweth—face to thee earth—and doth obeisance.

King James Bible
And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself.

Hebrew
“What
מַֽה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does he look like?”
תָּאֳר֔וֹ (tā·’o·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8389: Outline, figure, appearance

asked Saul.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“An old
זָקֵן֙ (zā·qên)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2205: Old

man
אִ֤ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

is coming up,”
עֹלֶ֔ה (‘ō·leh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

she replied.
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“And he is
וְה֥וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

wearing
עֹטֶ֖ה (‘ō·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5844: To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself

a robe.”
מְעִ֑יל (mə·‘îl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4598: A robe

So Saul
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

knew
וַיֵּ֤דַע (way·yê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was Samuel,
שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

and he bowed
וַיִּקֹּ֥ד (way·yiq·qōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6915: To shrivel up, contract, bend the body, in deference

facedown
אַפַּ֛יִם (’ap·pa·yim)
Noun - md
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

in reverence.
וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (way·yiš·tā·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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