Study it in the app“For some time now, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and YHWH your Elohim said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people, Israel, and you will be leader over my people Israel.’””
For some time now,גַּם תְּמוֹל גַּם שִׁלְשׁוֹםevenגַּםwhenבִּSaulשָׁאוּלwasהְיוֹתking,מֶלֶךְyouאַתָּהwerethe one who led outהַמּוֹצִיאand brought inוְהַמֵּבִיאIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלand YHWHוַ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָsaidיֹּאמֶרto you,לְךָ‘Youאַתָּהwill shepherdתִרְעֶהmy people,עַמִּיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand youוְאַתָּהwill beתִּהְיֶהleaderנָגִידoverעַלmy peopleעַמִּיIsrael.’”יִשְׂרָאֵל
formerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “heot” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “motsi” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “tire” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsleader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
David king over all Israel
1 Chronicles 11:1-3
1Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Look, we are your bone and your flesh. 2For some time now, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and YHWH your Elohim said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people, Israel, and you will be leader over my people Israel.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Samuel.
1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look at us: we are your bone and your flesh. 2For some time now, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and YHWH said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be leader over Israel.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David as king over Israel. 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign; forty years he reigned. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
1Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Look, we are your bone and your flesh.
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3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Samuel.
