Then Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלtoldוַיְדַבֵּרthe peopleאֶל הָעָםthe rightאֵת מִשְׁפַּטof the kingship,הַמְּלֻכָהand he wrote itוַיִּכְתֹּבin the scrollבַּסֵּפֶרand laid itוַיַּנַּחbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH.יְהוָהAnd Samuelוַ שְׁמוּאֵלsentיְשַׁלַּחallאֶת כָּלthe peopleהָעָםaway, each oneאִישׁto his house.לְבֵיתוֹ
1 Samuel 10:25
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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."
Where else “shemuel” appears- toldיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the rightמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of the kingshipמְּלֻכָהmelucha
kingdom, kingship
Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.
Where else “melucha” appears- and he wrote itיִּכְתֹּבyichtov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appears- in the scrollסֵּפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- and laid itיַּנַּחyanach
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “yanach” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- sentיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- away, each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears
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.