Study it in the app“They told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against YHWH by eating with the blood.” He said, “You have acted treacherously. Roll to me today a large stone.””
They toldוַיַּגִּידוּSaul,לְשָׁאוּלsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהthe peopleהָעָםare sinningחֹטִאיםagainst YHWHלַיהוָהby eatingלֶאֱכֹלwithעַלthe blood.”הַדָּםHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“You have acted treacherously.בְּגַדְתֶּםRollגֹּלּוּto meאֵלַיtodayהַיּוֹםa largeגְּדוֹלָהstone.”אֶבֶן
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chotim” 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 “yhva” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearsact treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “begadtem” appearsroll
To turn something over and over, or wallow.
Where else “golu” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears32The people rushed on the spoil and took flocks and herds and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
33 · This verse (above)
34Saul said, “Scatter among the people and say to them, ‘Bring near to me each his ox and each his lamb, and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against YHWH by eating with the blood.’” And all the people brought near, each his ox in his hand, that night, and they slaughtered them there.
