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JesseיִשַׁיcalledוַיִּקְרָאAbinadabאֶל אֲבִינָדָבand made him passוַיַּעֲבִרֵהוּbeforeלִפְנֵיSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵלand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Neitherגַּם לֹאthis oneבָּזֶהhas YHWHיְהוָהchosen.”בָחַר
1 Samuel 16:8
Study it in the app“Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, “Neither this one has YHWH chosen.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 16:8, word by word
- Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Abinadabאֲבִינָדָבavinadav
Abinadab
Abinadab: the name of several people; among them the man of Kiriath-jearim in whose house the ark stayed (1 Samuel 7:1), a brother of David (1 Samuel 16:8) and a son of Saul (1 Samuel 31:2). It means "my father is generous".
Where else “avinadav” appears- and made him passיַּעֲבִרֵyaavire
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaavire” 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- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- has 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
7YHWH said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have despised him; for it is not what the human being sees: the human being sees what is before the eyes, but YHWH sees the heart.”
8 · This verse (above)
9Jesse had Shammah pass by, and he said, “Neither this one has YHWH chosen.”