And I will raise upוַהֲקִימֹתִיfor myselfלִיa faithfulנֶאֱמָןpriest;כֹּהֵןhe will actיַעֲשֶׂהaccording to whatכַּאֲשֶׁרis in my heartבִּלְבָבִיand in my soul;וּבְנַפְשִׁיand I will buildוּבָנִיתִיhimלוֹa sureנֶאֱמָןhouse,בַּיִתand he will walkוְהִתְהַלֵּךְbeforeלִפְנֵיmy anointedמְשִׁיחִיallכָּלthe days.הַיָּמִים
1 Samuel 2:35
Study it in the app“And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest; he will act according to what is in my heart and in my soul; and I will build him a sure house, and he will walk before my anointed all the days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:35, word by word
- And I will raise upהֲקִימֹתִיhakimoti
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appears- a faithfulנֶאֱמָןneeman
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appears- priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- he will actיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- is in my heartלְבָבִlevavi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appears- and in my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- and I will buildבָנִיתִיvaniti
have children
To build a family, give someone offspring.
Where else “vaniti” appears- houseבַּיִתbayit
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bayit” appears- and he will walkהִתְהַלֵּךְhithalech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “hithalech” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- my anointedמְשִׁיחִmeshichi
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 “meshichi” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
Translation note
“Faithful” and “sure” are in Hebrew the same word.
The context
34And this will be the sign for you, what will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day both of them will die.
35 · This verse (above)
36And it will be that everyone who is left in your house will come to bow down to him for a piece of silver and a round loaf of bread, and will say, ‘Please attach me to one of the priestly offices so that I may eat a morsel of bread.’”