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ThereforeוְלָכֵןI have swornנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto the houseלְבֵיתof Eliעֵלִיthatאִםthe iniquityעֲוֺןof the houseבֵּיתof Eliעֵלִיshall not be expiatedיִתְכַּפֵּרby sacrificeבְּזֶבַחor by offeringוּבְמִנְחָהforever.”עַד עוֹלָם
1 Samuel 3:14
Study it in the app“Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be expiated by sacrifice or by offering forever.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 3:14, word by word
- I have swornנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- shall not be expiatedיִתְכַּפֵּרyitkaper
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yitkaper” appears- by sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- or by offeringמִנְחָהmincha
offering
An offering to God.
Where else “mincha” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
13And I have told him that I am judging his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were bringing a curse on themselves, and he did not restrain them.
14 · This verse (above)
15And Samuel lay until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of YHWH. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.