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Evenגַּםnow,עַתָּהpresent yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּand seeוּרְאוּthisאֶת הַזֶּהgreatהַגָּדוֹלthingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהis doingעֹשֶׂהbefore your eyes.לְעֵינֵיכֶם
1 Samuel 12:16
Study it in the app“Even now, present yourselves and see this great thing that YHWH is doing before your eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:16, word by word
- present yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” 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- is doingעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- before your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
15But if you do not listen to the voice of YHWH and rebel against the command of YHWH, then the hand of YHWH will be against you and against your fathers.
16 · This verse (above)
17Is it not the harvest of wheat today? I will call to YHWH, and he will give thunder and rain; and know and see that your evil is great, which you have done in the eyes of YHWH, by asking for yourselves a king.”