1 Samuel 3:18

“So 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.””

1 Samuel 3:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 3:18, word by word

So 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."

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toldיַּגֶּדyaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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hide anythingכִחֵדchiched

hide

To hide something, keep silent about it.

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And he saidיֹּאמַרyomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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let him doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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what is goodטּוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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in his eyesעֵינָena

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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The context

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.”

18 · This verse (above)

19And Samuel grew up, and YHWH was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

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