1 Samuel 12:7

“And now, present yourselves, and I will enter into judgment with you before YHWH concerning all the righteous acts of YHWH that he did with you and with your fathers.”

1 Samuel 12:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 12:7, word by word

present yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu

take one's stand

Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.

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and I will enter into judgmentאִשָּׁפְטָהishafta

call to account

To call to account, punish.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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.

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the righteous actsצִדְקוֹתtsidkot

righteous deeds

Doing what is just, upright deeds.

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he didעָשָׂהasa

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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and with your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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Translation note

“The righteous acts of YHWH” are his just deeds on behalf of his people.

The context

6Samuel said to the people, “It is YHWH who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers from the land of Egypt.

7 · This verse (above)

8When Jacob came to Egypt, your fathers cried out to YHWH, and YHWH sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

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