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And he ranוַיָּרָץtoאֶלEliעֵלִיand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am,הִנְנִיforכִּיyou calledקָרָאתָme.”לִּיBut he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I did notלֹאcall;קָרָאתִיgo back,שׁוּבlie down.”שְׁכָבSo he wentוַיֵּלֶךְand lay down.וַיִּשְׁכָּב
1 Samuel 3:5
Study it in the app“And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 3:5, word by word
- And he ranיָּרָץyarats
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appears- Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you calledקָרָאתָkarata
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karata” appears- go backשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- lie downשְׁכָבshechav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shechav” appears- So he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears
The context
4YHWH called to Samuel, and he said, “Here I am.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And YHWH called again, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”