And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלallכָּלthe people,הָעָם“Do you seeהַרְּאִיתֶםthe one whomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas chosen,בָּחַר בּוֹthatכִּיthere is no oneאֵיןlike himכָּמֹהוּamong allבְּכָלthe people?”הָעָםAnd allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםshoutedיָּרִעוּand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Long liveיְחִיthe king!”הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Samuel 10:24
Study it in the app“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!””
With the Hebrew beneath
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."
Where else “shemuel” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- “Do you seeרְּאִיתֶםreitem
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- has chosenבָּחַרbachar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bachar” appears- shoutedיָּרִעוּyariu
shout, sound an alarm
Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.
Where else “yariu” appears- “Long liveיְחִיyechi
recover
To survive, recover; a cheer for the king's long life.
Where else “yechi” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
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.