He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“In peace.שָׁלוֹםI have comeבָּאתִיto sacrificeלִזְבֹּחַto YHWH.לַיהוָהSanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדְּשׁוּand comeוּבָאתֶםwith meאִתִּיto the sacrifice.”בַּזָּבַחAnd he sanctifiedוַיְקַדֵּשׁJesseאֶת יִשַׁיand his sons,וְאֶת בָּנָיוand invitedוַיִּקְרָאthemלָהֶםto the sacrifice.לַזָּבַח
1 Samuel 16:5
Study it in the app“He said, “In peace. I have come to sacrifice to YHWH. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 16:5, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “In peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- I have comeבָּאתִיbati
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bati” appears- to sacrificeזְבֹּחַzeboach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zeboach” 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- Sanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדְּשׁוּhitkadshu
sanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadshu” appears- to the sacrificeזָּבַחzavach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zavach” appears- Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- and his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- and invitedיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears
The context
4Samuel did what YHWH had spoken and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city trembled to meet him, and one said, “Is your coming in peace?”
5 · This verse (above)
6And it came about, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before YHWH is his anointed.”