Study it in the app“Samuel died, and all Israel gathered and lamented for him and buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.”
Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלdied,וַיָּמָתand allוַ כָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלgatheredיִּקָּבְצוּand lamentedוַיִּסְפְּדוּfor himלוֹand buried himוַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּin his houseבְּבֵיתוֹat Ramah.בָּרָמָהThen Davidוַ דָּוִדaroseיָּקָםand went downוַיֵּרֶדtoאֶלthe wildernessמִדְבַּרof Paran.פָּארָן
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” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikavtsu” appearsmourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “yispdu” appearsbury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsRamah
See it on the mapWhere else “rama” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsParan
Paran, a desert region south of Canaan, in the Sinai.
Where else “paran” appearsRamah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
1 · This verse (above)
2There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; the man was very rich and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
