Study it in the app“Samuel said, “How can I go? Saul will hear it and kill me.” YHWH said, “Take a heifer of the herd in your hand, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to YHWH.’”
Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Howאֵיךְcan I go?אֵלֵךְSaulשָׁאוּלwill hear itוְשָׁמַעand kill me.”וַהֲרָגָנִיYHWHיְהוָהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Takeתִּקַּחa heiferעֶגְלַתof the herdבָּקָרin your hand,בְּיָדֶךָand say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘I have comeבָּאתִיto sacrificeלִזְבֹּחַto YHWH.’לַיהוָה
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appearsSaul
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” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haraga” 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 “yehva” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearsheifer
A young cow.
Where else “eglat” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bati” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zeboach” appears1YHWH said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, when I have despised him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen among his sons a king for myself.”
2 · This verse (above)
3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one I tell you.”
