Study it in the app“All 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.””
Allכָלthe peopleהָעָםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵל“Prayהִתְפַּלֵּלforבְּעַדyour servantsעֲבָדֶיךָtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָthat we may notוְאַלdie,נָמוּתforכִּיwe have addedיָסַפְנוּtoעַלallכָּלour sinsחַטֹּאתֵינוּthe evilרָעָהof askingלִשְׁאֹלfor ourselvesלָנוּa king.”מֶלֶךְ
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsSamuel
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” appearspray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “hitpalel” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “namut” appearsadd
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yasafnu” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatote” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “sheol” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears18Samuel called to YHWH, and YHWH gave thunder and rain on that day, and all the people greatly feared YHWH and Samuel.
19 · This verse (above)
20Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this evil; only do not turn aside from following YHWH, but serve YHWH with all your heart.
