person
Samuel
also: Самуил
The biblical prophet and last of the judges of Israel who, per 1 Samuel 16, anointed the young shepherd David as future king. Invoked here by Leskov in a drunken, half-mystical blessing over the young Chekhov.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 15–28 October 1883. Moscow. §11 Samuel anointed David
The biblical prophet who, per 1 Samuel 16, anointed the shepherd David as future king of Israel; Leskov invokes the scene, half-mystically and half-drunkenly, to bless Chekhov's writing.