And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמָהisthe wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרto you?אֵלֶיךָDo notאַלhide itתְכַחֵדfrom me,מִמֶּנִּיplease.נָאSoכֹּהmay Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשֶׂהto youלְּךָand moreוְכֹהalso,יוֹסִיףifאִםyou hideתְּכַחֵדfrom meמִמֶּנִּיa wordדָּבָרof allמִכָּלthe wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרto you.”אֵלֶיךָ
1 Samuel 3:17
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 3:17, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- hide itתְכַחֵדtechached
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “techached” appears- may Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- alsoיוֹסִיףyosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appears
The context
16But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”
17 · This verse (above)
18So Samuel told him all the words and did not hide anything from him. And he said, “He is YHWH; let him do what is good in his eyes.”