So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלtoldוַיַּגֶּדhimלוֹallאֶת כָּלthe wordsהַדְּבָרִיםand did notוְלֹאhide anythingכִחֵדfrom him.מִמֶּנּוּAnd he said,וַיֹּאמַר“HeהוּאisYHWH;יְהוָהlet him doיַעֲשֶׂהwhat is goodהַטּוֹבin his eyes.”בְּעֵינָו
1 Samuel 3:18
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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."
Where else “shemuel” appears- toldיַּגֶּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- hide anythingכִחֵדchiched
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “chiched” appears- And he saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- 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- let him doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- what is goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- in his eyesעֵינָena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears
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.