Study it in the app“Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the command of YHWH and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.”
SaulשָׁאוּלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵל“I have sinned,חָטָאתִיforכִּיI have transgressedעָבַרְתִּיthe commandאֶת פִּיof YHWHיְהוָהand your words,וְאֶת דְּבָרֶיךָbecauseכִּיI fearedיָרֵאתִיthe peopleאֶת הָעָםand listenedוָאֶשְׁמַעto their voice.בְּקוֹלָם
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsSamuel
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” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appearstransgress
To break a covenant or command.
Where else “avarti” appearscommand
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pi” 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” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yareti” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “eshma” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appears23For rebellion is the sin of divination, and stubbornness is wickedness and teraphim. Because you have despised the word of YHWH, he has despised you from being king.”
24 · This verse (above)
25And now, forgive, please, my sin, and return with me, and I will bow down to YHWH.”
