1 Samuel 2:10

“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.””

1 Samuel 2:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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will be shatteredיֵחַתּוּyechatu

General meaning: Go down.

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he will thunderיַרְעֵםyarem

thunder

To make the heavens rumble, like YHWH.

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in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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will judgeיָדִיןyadin

judge

To decide with authority who is in the right and to govern justly.

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the endsאַפְסֵיafse

end

The limit: "the far reaches of the earth".

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of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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he will giveיִתֶּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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strengthעֹזoz

strength

Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.

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to his kingמַלְכּmalk

king

A king who rules a people.

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and lift highיָרֵםyarem

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

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the hornקֶרֶןkeren

strength

Strength, power: "the horn of my salvation".

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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".

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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.

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