1 Samuel 10:25

“Then 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.”

1 Samuel 10:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 10:25, word by word

Then 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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toldיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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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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the rightמִשְׁפַּטmishpat

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

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of the kingshipמְּלֻכָהmelucha

kingdom, kingship

Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.

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and he wrote itיִּכְתֹּבyichtov

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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in the scrollסֵּפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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and laid itיַּנַּחyanach

put

To set something or someone in a place.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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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sentיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach

send

To send someone or something.

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away, each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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to his houseבֵיתvet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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The context

24And 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!”

25 · This verse (above)

26Saul also went to his house at Gibeah, and there went with him the valiant men whose hearts Elohim had touched.

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