SamuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSaul,שָׁאוּל“I will notלֹאreturnאָשׁוּבwith you,עִמָּךְforכִּיyou have despisedמָאַסְתָּהthe wordאֶת דְּבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהand YHWHוַ יְהוָהhas despised youיִּמְאָסְךָfrom beingמִהְיוֹתkingמֶלֶךְoverעַלIsrael.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Samuel 15:26
Study it in the app“Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have despised the word of YHWH, and YHWH has despised you from being king over Israel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:26, 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- returnאָשׁוּבashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashuv” appears- you have despisedמָאַסְתָּהmaasta
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasta” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- from beingהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
25And now, forgive, please, my sin, and return with me, and I will bow down to YHWH.”
26 · This verse (above)
27Samuel turned to go, and he seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.