1 Samuel 28:24
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Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she made haste and killed it: and taking meal, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread,

a fat calf

Genesis 18:7,8 And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf, very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man, who made haste and boiled it. . . .

Luke 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry:

Context
Saul and the Medium of Endor
23But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants and the woman forced him, and at length hearkening to their voice, he arose from the ground, and sat upon the bed. 24Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she made haste and killed it: and taking meal, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread,25And set it before Saul, and before his servants. And when they had eaten they rose up, and walked all that night.…
Cross References
Luke 15:23
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry:

Luke 15:27
And he said to him: Thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe.

Genesis 18:6
Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Genesis 18:7
And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf, very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man, who made haste and boiled it.

1 Samuel 28:25
And set it before Saul, and before his servants. And when they had eaten they rose up, and walked all that night.

Lexicon
The woman
וְלָאִשָּׁ֤ה (wə·lā·’iš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

had a fattened
מַרְבֵּק֙ (mar·bêq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4770: A stall

calf
עֵֽגֶל־ (‘ê·ḡel-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5695: A, calf, one nearly grown

at her house,
בַּבַּ֔יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and she quickly
וַתְּמַהֵ֖ר (wat·tə·ma·hêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

slaughtered it.
וַתִּזְבָּחֵ֑הוּ (wat·tiz·bā·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

She also took
וַתִּקַּח־ (wat·tiq·qaḥ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

flour,
קֶ֣מַח (qe·maḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7058: Flour, meal

kneaded it,
וַתָּ֔לָשׁ (wat·tā·lāš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3888: To knead

and baked
וַתֹּפֵ֖הוּ (wat·tō·p̄ê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 644: To cook, to bake

unleavened bread.
מַצּֽוֹת׃ (maṣ·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4682: Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover


Additional Translations
The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hurried, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof;

And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

And the woman had a fat calf in the house: and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.

The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.

And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,
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