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Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלwentוַיֵּלֶךְto Ramah,הָרָמָתָהand Saulוְשָׁאוּלwent upעָלָהtoאֶלhis house,בֵּיתוֹto Gibeahגִּבְעַתof Saul.שָׁאוּל
1 Samuel 15:34
Study it in the app“Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house, to Gibeah of Saul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:34, 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Ramahרָמָתָramata
Ramah
See it on the mapWhere else “ramata” appears- and 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- went upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- to Gibeahגִּבְעַתgivat
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “givat” appears
Places in this verse
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
The context
33Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother shall be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked to pieces Agag before YHWH at Gilgal.
34 · This verse (above)
35Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul; and YHWH was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel.