Study it in the app“Is 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.””
Is it notהֲלוֹאthe harvestקְצִירof wheatחִטִּיםtoday?הַיּוֹםI will callאֶקְרָאtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהand he will giveוְיִתֵּןthunderקֹלוֹתand rain;וּמָטָרand knowוּדְעוּand seeוּרְאוּthatכִּיyour evilרָעַתְכֶםis great,רַבָּהwhichאֲשֶׁרyou have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהby askingלִשְׁאוֹלfor yourselvesלָכֶםa king.”מֶלֶךְ
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “ketsir” appearswheat
Wheat.
Where else “chitim” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “ekra” appearsYHWH
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” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsthunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kolot” appearsrain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “deu” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “reu” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” appearsgreat
Of great size or power; the one who stands out.
Where else “raba” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “sheol” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIn the land of Israel it does not rain at the time of the wheat harvest (May–June): that is why the rain was a sign. “Thunder” is, word for word, “voices.”
16Even now, present yourselves and see this great thing that YHWH is doing before your eyes.
17 · This verse (above)
18Samuel called to YHWH, and YHWH gave thunder and rain on that day, and all the people greatly feared YHWH and Samuel.
