And whenוְהָיָה כִּיYHWHיְהוָהdoesיַעֲשֶׂהfor my lordלַאדֹנִיaccording to allכְּכֹלthe goodהַטּוֹבָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe has spokenדִּבֶּרconcerning youעָלֶיךָand commands you to beוְצִוְּךָleaderלְנָגִידoverעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Samuel 25:30
Study it in the app“And when YHWH does for my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and commands you to be leader over Israel,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:30, word by word
- And whenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” 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- doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- for my lordאדֹנִdoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appears- the goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- he has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
promise
To promise, say what will be done.
Where else “diber” appears- and commands you to beצִוְּtsiv
charge
To charge someone with something.
Where else “tsiv” appears- leaderנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
29Though a man has risen to pursue you and to seek your life, yet the life of my lord will be bound in the bundle of the living with YHWH your Elohim; but the lives of your enemies he will sling out from within the hollow of the sling.
30 · This verse (above)
31this shall not be to you a stumbling block or an offense of heart for my lord: to have shed blood without cause or for my lord to have saved himself. And when YHWH does good to my lord, remember your servant.”