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Jesseיִשַׁיhad his sevenשִׁבְעַתsonsבָּנָיוpassוַיַּעֲבֵרbeforeלִפְנֵיSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵלand Samuelוַ שְׁמוּאֵלsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJesse,יִשַׁי“YHWHיְהוָהhas notלֹאchosenבָחַרthese.”בָּאֵלֶּה
1 Samuel 16:10
Study it in the app“Jesse had his seven sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, “YHWH has not chosen these.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 16:10, word by word
- Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- had his sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- passיַּעֲבֵרyaaver
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaaver” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- 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- “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- chosenבָחַרvachar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “vachar” appears
The context
9Jesse had Shammah pass by, and he said, “Neither this one has YHWH chosen.”
10 · This verse (above)
11Samuel said to Jesse, “Are the young men all here?” He said, “There remains still the youngest, and look, he is pasturing the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit around until he comes here.”