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And YHWHיְהוָהcameוַיָּבֹאand stood thereוַיִּתְיַצַּבand calledוַיִּקְרָאas at other times,כְפַעַם בְּפַעַם“Samuel!שְׁמוּאֵלSamuel!”שְׁמוּאֵלAnd Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Speak,דַּבֵּרforכִּיyour servantעַבְדֶּךָis listening.”שֹׁמֵעַ
1 Samuel 3:10
Study it in the app“And YHWH came and stood there and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 3:10, word by word
- And 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- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and stood thereיִּתְיַצַּבyityatsav
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “yityatsav” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- as at other timesפַעַםfaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “faam” appears- “Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- your servantעַבְדֶּavde
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears- is listeningשֹׁמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears
The context
9And Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it will be that if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, YHWH, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 · This verse (above)
11And YHWH said to Samuel, “Look, I am doing a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.