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Saulשָׁאוּלbuiltוַיִּבֶןan altarמִזְבֵּחַto YHWH;לַיהוָהwith that oneאֹתוֹhe beganהֵחֵלto buildלִבְנוֹתan altarמִזְבֵּחַto YHWH.לַיהוָה
1 Samuel 14:35
Study it in the app“Saul built an altar to YHWH; with that one he began to build an altar to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:35, word by word
- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- builtיִּבֶןyiven
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appears- an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- he beganהֵחֵלhechel
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appears
The context
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.
35 · This verse (above)
36Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder among them until the light of the morning, and let us not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do all that is good in your eyes.” And the priest said, “Let us draw near here to Elohim.”