Study it in the app“Samuel said to Saul, “It was I whom YHWH sent to anoint you as king over his people, over Israel; and now listen to the voice of the words of YHWH.”
SamuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSaul,שָׁאוּל“It was Iאֹתִיwhom YHWHיְהוָהsentשָׁלַחto anoint youלִמְשָׁחֳךָas kingלְמֶלֶךְoverעַלhis people,עַמּוֹoverעַלIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלand nowוְעַתָּהlistenשְׁמַעto the voiceלְקוֹלof the wordsדִּבְרֵיof YHWH.יְהוָה
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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” 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 “yehva” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appearsanoint
To pour oil on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “meshacho” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shema” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears1 · This verse (above)
2Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘I call to account what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up from Egypt.
