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But Eliוַ עֵלִיcalledיִּקְרָאSamuelאֶת שְׁמוּאֵלand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Samuel,שְׁמוּאֵלmy son.”בְּנִיAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am.”הִנֵּנִי
1 Samuel 3:16
Study it in the app“But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 3:16, word by word
- But Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” 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- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And he said, “What is the word that he spoke to you? Do not hide it from me, please. So may Elohim do to you and more also, if you hide from me a word of all the word that he spoke to you.”