Study it in the app“But you today have despised your Elohim, who himself saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ So now, present yourselves before YHWH by your tribes and by your thousands.””
But youוְאַתֶּםtodayהַיּוֹםhave despisedמְאַסְתֶּםyour Elohim,אֶת אֱלֹהֵיכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרhimselfהוּאsavesמוֹשִׁיעַyouלָכֶםfrom allמִכָּלyour calamitiesרָעוֹתֵיכֶםand your distresses,וְצָרֹתֵיכֶםand you have saidוַתֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ‘Setכִּי תָּשִׂיםa kingמֶלֶךְover us.’עָלֵינוּSo now,וְעַתָּהpresent yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהby your tribesלְשִׁבְטֵיכֶםand by your thousands.”וּלְאַלְפֵיכֶם
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsreject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “meastem” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raote” appearsdistress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsarote” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “tasim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearstake one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsdivision
A large unit of the army or a tribe, led by a chief.
Where else “alfe” appears18And he said to the sons of Israel, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘I brought up Israel from Egypt and delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’
19 · This verse (above)
20So Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
