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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵל“Look,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam doingעֹשֶׂהa thingדָבָרin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלat whichאֲשֶׁרbothשְׁתֵּיearsאָזְנָיוof everyoneכָּלwho hears itשֹׁמְעוֹwill tingle.תְּצִלֶּינָה
1 Samuel 3:11
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Samuel, “Look, I am doing a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 3:11, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- am doingעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- a thingדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- in 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- bothשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- earsאָזְנָיaznay
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “aznay” appears- who hears itשֹׁמְעshom
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shom” appears- will tingleתְּצִלֶּינָהtetsilena
tingle
Tingle, ring: the sound left in the ears on hearing something that makes one shudder; also quiver (of lips).
Where else “tetsilena” appears
The context
10And YHWH came and stood there and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
11 · This verse (above)
12On that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.