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Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe people,הָעָם“Come,לְכוּlet us goוְנֵלְכָהto Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּלand renewוּנְחַדֵּשׁthe kingdomהַמְּלוּכָהthere.”שָׁם
1 Samuel 11:14
Study it in the app“Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 11:14, word by word
- 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- “Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- to Gilgalגִּלְגָּלgilgal
Gilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “gilgal” appears- and renewנְחַדֵּשׁnechadesh
renew
To give something a fresh start, as if for the first time.
Where else “nechadesh” appears- the kingdomמְּלוּכָהmelucha
kingdom, kingship
Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.
Where else “melucha” appears
Places in this verse
Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
The context
13Saul said, “No man shall be put to death on this day, for today YHWH has worked salvation in Israel.”
14 · This verse (above)
15All the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before YHWH in Gilgal, and they sacrificed there sacrifices of peace offerings before YHWH, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.