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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Whyלָמָּהdo you doתַעֲשׂוּןthingsכַּדְּבָרִיםlike these?הָאֵלֶּהForאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיhearשֹׁמֵעַof your evilרָעִיםdeedsאֶת דִּבְרֵיכֶםfromמֵאֵתallכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהpeople.הָעָם
1 Samuel 2:23
Study it in the app“And he said to them, “Why do you do things like these? For I hear of your evil deeds from all these people.”
Eli rebukes his sons, but they do not listen to his voiceParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:23, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- do you doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- hearשֹׁמֵעַshomea
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shomea” appears- of your evilרָעִיםraim
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raim” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
22Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they were lying with the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
23 · This verse (above)
24No, my sons; for the report that I hear the people of YHWH spreading is not good.