YHWH:יְהוָהthose who contend with himמְרִיבָיוwill be shattered;יֵחַתּוּagainst themעָלָיוhe will thunderיַרְעֵםin the heavens.בַּשָּׁמַיִםYHWHיְהוָהwill judgeיָדִיןthe endsאַפְסֵיof the earth;אָרֶץhe will giveוְיִתֶּןstrengthעֹזto his kingלְמַלְכּוֹand lift highוְיָרֵםthe hornקֶרֶןof his anointed.”מְשִׁיחוֹ
1 Samuel 2:10
Study it in the app“YHWH: those who contend with him will be shattered; against them he will thunder in the heavens. YHWH will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and lift high the horn of his anointed.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:10, word by word
- 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- those who contend with himמְרִיבָיmerivay
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “merivay” appears- will be shatteredיֵחַתּוּyechatu
General meaning: Go down.
Where else “yechatu” appears- he will thunderיַרְעֵםyarem
thunder
To make the heavens rumble, like YHWH.
Where else “yarem” appears- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- will judgeיָדִיןyadin
judge
To decide with authority who is in the right and to govern justly.
Where else “yadin” appears- the endsאַפְסֵיafse
end
The limit: "the far reaches of the earth".
Where else “afse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- he will giveיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- strengthעֹזoz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “oz” appears- to his kingמַלְכּmalk
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malk” appears- and lift highיָרֵםyarem
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “yarem” appears- the hornקֶרֶןkeren
strength
Strength, power: "the horn of my salvation".
Where else “keren” appears- of his anointedמְשִׁיחmeshich
anointed
Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".
Where else “meshich” appears
Translation note
This is the first time the Bible speaks of YHWH’s “anointed” as king. “Anointed” is in Hebrew “messiah” (Psalm 2:2).
The context
9The feet of his faithful ones he guards, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for not by strength does a man prevail.
10 · This verse (above)
11Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was ministering to YHWH before Eli the priest.