1 Samuel 16:5

“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.”

1 Samuel 16:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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“In peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

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I have comeבָּאתִיbati

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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to sacrificeזְבֹּחַzeboach

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

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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.

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Sanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדְּשׁוּhitkadshu

sanctify oneself

To prepare to come before God.

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to the sacrificeזָּבַחzavach

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

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Jesseיִשַׁיyishay

Jesse

Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.

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and his sonsבָּנָיbanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and invitedיִּקְרָאyikra

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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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.”

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