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SamuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSaul,שָׁאוּל“Stop,הֶרֶףand I will tellוְאַגִּידָהyouלְּךָwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרto meאֵלַיthis night.”הַלָּיְלָהAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Speak.”דַּבֵּר
1 Samuel 15:16
Study it in the app“Samuel said to Saul, “Stop, and I will tell you what YHWH spoke to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:16, word by word
- Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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- “Stopהֶרֶףheref
let go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “heref” appears- and I will tellאַגִּידָהagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agida” 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- this nightלָּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
15Saul said, “From the Amalekites they have brought them, for the people spared the best of the flock and the herd in order to sacrifice to YHWH your Elohim; and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”
16 · This verse (above)
17Samuel said, “Is it not so that though you were small in your own eyes, you are head of the tribes of Israel? And YHWH anointed you as king over Israel.