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And now,וְעַתָּהlook,הִנֵּהthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְwhomאֲשֶׁרyou have chosen,בְּחַרְתֶּםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou asked for;שְׁאֶלְתֶּםand look,וְהִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהhas setנָתַןa kingמֶלֶךְover you.עֲלֵיכֶם
1 Samuel 12:13
Study it in the app“And now, look, the king whom you have chosen, whom you asked for; and look, YHWH has set a king over you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:13, word by word
- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- you have chosenבְּחַרְתֶּםbechartem
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bechartem” appears- you asked forשְׁאֶלְתֶּםsheeltem
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “sheeltem” 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 setנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears
The context
12But you saw that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when YHWH your Elohim was your king.
13 · This verse (above)
14If you fear YHWH and serve him and listen to his voice and do not rebel against the command of YHWH, and both you and the king who reigns over you are following after YHWH your Elohim…