Study it in the app“He said, “I have sinned. Now honor me, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, and I will bow down to YHWH your Elohim.””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I have sinned.חָטָאתִיNowעַתָּהhonor me,כַּבְּדֵנִיplease,נָאbeforeנֶגֶדthe eldersזִקְנֵיof my peopleעַמִּיand beforeוְנֶגֶדIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand returnוְשׁוּבwith me,עִמִּיand I will bow downוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִיto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim.”אֱלֹהֶיךָ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appearshonor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “kabde” appearsin front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” 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” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachaveti” 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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears29And also the Splendor of Israel does not lie and does not relent, for he is not a human being that he should relent.”
30 · This verse (above)
31Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul bowed down to YHWH.
