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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“YHWHיְהוָהis witnessעֵדagainst you,בָּכֶםand his anointedוְ מְשִׁיחוֹis witnessעֵדthisהַזֶּהday,הַיּוֹםthatכִּיyou have notלֹאfoundמְצָאתֶםanythingמְאוּמָהin my hand.”בְּיָדִיAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Witness.”עֵד
1 Samuel 12:5
Study it in the app“He said to them, “YHWH is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And he said, “Witness.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:5, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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 witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- and his anointedמְשִׁיחmeshich
anointed
Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".
Where else “meshich” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- foundמְצָאתֶםmetsatem
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsatem” appears- anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- in my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says “and he said” in the singular: the people answer as one man.
The context
4They said, “You have not exploited us, and you have not crushed us, and you have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Samuel said to the people, “It is YHWH who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers from the land of Egypt.