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And the boyוְהַנַּעַרSamuelשְׁמוּאֵלwent onהֹלֵךְgrowingוְגָדֵלand being goodוָטוֹבbothגַּםwithעִםYHWHיְהוָהandוְגַםwithעִםmen.אֲנָשִׁים
1 Samuel 2:26
Study it in the app“And the boy Samuel went on growing and being good both with YHWH and with men.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:26, word by word
- And the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” 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- went onהֹלֵךְholech
keep growing
Something that grows little by little.
Where else “holech” appears- growingגָדֵלgadel
grow greater
Ever increasing.
Where else “gadel” appears- and being goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- 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- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears
Translation note
The same way of speaking is used of Jesus as a boy (Luke 2:52).
The context
25If a man sins against a man, Elohim will arbitrate for him; but if a man sins against YHWH, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, for YHWH wanted to put them to death.
26 · This verse (above)
27A man of Elohim came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says YHWH: Did I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, in the house of Pharaoh?