Study it in the app“Samuel 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.”
Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe people,הָעָם“Do notאַלfear.תִּירָאוּYouאַתֶּםhave doneעֲשִׂיתֶםallאֵת כָּלthisהַזֹּאתevil;הָרָעָהonlyאַךְdo notאַלturn asideתָּסוּרוּfrom followingמֵאַחֲרֵיYHWH,יְהוָהbut serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּםYHWHאֶת יְהוָהwith allבְּכָלyour heart.לְבַבְכֶם
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tirau” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “tasuru” 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” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avadtem” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears19All 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.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And do not turn aside, for that would be going after emptiness that does not profit or deliver, for they are emptiness.
