1 Samuel 10:24

“And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom YHWH has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” And all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!””

1 Samuel 10:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 10:24, word by word

And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel

Samuel

Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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“Do you seeרְּאִיתֶםreitem

see

To see with one's eyes.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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.

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has chosenבָּחַרbachar

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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shoutedיָּרִעוּyariu

shout, sound an alarm

Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.

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“Long liveיְחִיyechi

recover

To survive, recover; a cheer for the king's long life.

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the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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The context

23And they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people, and he was taller than all the people from his shoulders upward.

24 · This verse (above)

25Then Samuel told the people the right of the kingship, and he wrote it in the scroll and laid it before YHWH. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

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