Oh my lord; a form of speech to engage favourable attention. As thy soul liveth; the usual form of an oath, as Genesis 42:15 1 Samuel 17:55, 1 Samuel 20:3; as surely as thou livest: which asseverations seem necessary, because this was some years after it, and was quite forgotten by him.
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1 Samuel 1:26
26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.