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Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלturned backוַיָּשָׁבafterאַחֲרֵיSaul,שָׁאוּלand Saulוַ שָׁאוּלbowed downיִּשְׁתַּחוּto YHWH.לַיהוָה
1 Samuel 15:31
Study it in the app“Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul bowed down to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:31, 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- turned backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” 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- bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחוּyishtachu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachu” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears
The context
30He 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.”
31 · This verse (above)
32Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag king of Amalek.” And Agag went to him in good spirits; and Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has turned aside.”