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SamuelשְׁמוּאֵלcalledוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהand YHWHוַ יְהוָהgaveיִּתֵּןthunderקֹלֹתand rainוּמָטָרon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםand allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםgreatlyמְאֹדfearedיִּירָאYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand Samuel.וְאֶת שְׁמוּאֵל
1 Samuel 12:18
Study it in the app“Samuel called to YHWH, and YHWH gave thunder and rain on that day, and all the people greatly feared YHWH and Samuel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:18, 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- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” 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- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- thunderקֹלֹתkolot
thunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kolot” appears- and rainמָטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- fearedיִּירָאyira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yira” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to YHWH your Elohim, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for ourselves a king.”