WhenכַּאֲשֶׁרJacobיַעֲקֹבcameבָּאto Egypt,מִצְרָיִםyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםcried outוַיִּזְעֲקוּtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהand YHWHוַ יְהוָהsentיִּשְׁלַחMosesאֶת מֹשֶׁהand Aaron,וְאֶת אַהֲרֹןand they broughtוַיּוֹצִיאוּyour fathersאֶת אֲבֹתֵיכֶםout of Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםand settled themוַיֹּשִׁבוּםin thisבַּ הַזֶּהplace.מָּקוֹם
1 Samuel 12:8
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 12:8, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- cameבָּאba
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- cried outיִּזְעֲקוּyizaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “yizaku” 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- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and they broughtיּוֹצִיאוּyotsiu
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsiu” appears- and settled themיֹּשִׁבוּyoshivu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshivu” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
7And 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9But they forgot YHWH their Elohim, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.