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Then Elkanahאֶלְקָנָהwentוַיֵּלֶךְto Ramah,הָרָמָתָהtoעַלhis house.בֵּיתוֹAnd the boyוְהַנַּעַרwas ministeringהָיָה מְשָׁרֵתto YHWHאֶת יְהוָהbeforeאֶת פְּנֵיEliעֵלִיthe priest.הַכֹּהֵן
1 Samuel 2:11
Study it in the app“Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was ministering to YHWH before Eli the priest.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:11, word by word
- Then Elkanahאֶלְקָנָהelkana
Elkanah
Elkanah, a name borne by several men; among them a son of Korah (Exodus 6:24) and the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). It means "El has acquired".
Where else “elkana” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Ramahרָמָתָramata
Ramah
See it on the mapWhere else “ramata” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- And the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- was ministeringהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- was ministeringמְשָׁרֵתmesharet
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “mesharet” appears- to 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- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears
Places in this verse
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
The context
10YHWH: 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.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they did not know YHWH.