1 Samuel 2:36

“And 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.’””

1 Samuel 2:36 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 2:36, word by word

And it will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
who is leftנּוֹתָרnotar

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

Where else “notar” appears
in your houseבֵיתְvet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

Where else “vet” appears
will comeיָבוֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavo” appears
to bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתhishtachavot

bow down

To bow to the ground before someone in respect.

Where else “hishtachavot” appears
for a pieceאֲגוֹרַתagorat

piece of silver

A small piece of silver, a very small payment. It appears only in 1 Samuel 2:36.

Where else “agorat” appears
of silverכֶּסֶףkesef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

Where else “kesef” appears
and a round loafכִכַּרchikar

round loaf

A flat round bread, the size of a loaf, broken into pieces to eat.

Where else “chikar” appears
of breadלָחֶםlachem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

Where else “lachem” appears
and will sayאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
attach meסְפָחֵsefache

join

Become part of a group; put one thing into another.

Where else “sefache” appears
oneאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “achat” appears
of the priestly officesכְּהֻנּוֹתkehunot

priesthood

Priesthood: the office of a priest.

Where else “kehunot” appears
so that I may eatאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echol” appears
a morselפַּתpat

piece, morsel

Piece, morsel, bit of bread.

Where else “pat” appears

The context

35And 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.

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