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YHWHיְהוָהputs to deathמֵמִיתand makes alive;וּמְחַיֶּהhe brings downמוֹרִידto Sheolשְׁאוֹלand brings up.וַיָּעַל
1 Samuel 2:6
Study it in the app“YHWH puts to death and makes alive; he brings down to Sheol and brings up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:6, word by word
- 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- puts to deathמֵמִיתmemit
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “memit” appears- and makes aliveמְחַיֶּהmechaye
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “mechaye” appears- he brings downמוֹרִידmorid
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “morid” appears- to Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- and brings upיָּעַלyaal
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaal” appears
Translation note
Sheol is the place of the dead (Genesis 37:35).
The context
5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger; even the barren woman has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes.
6 · This verse (above)
7YHWH makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, and also lifts up.