Study it in the app“And 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.””
And YHWHוַ יְהוָהcalledיֹּסֶף קְרֹאagain,עוֹד“Samuel!”שְׁמוּאֵלAnd Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלgot upוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלEliעֵלִיand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am,הִנְנִיforכִּיyou calledקָרָאתָme.”לִיBut he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I did notלֹאcall,קָרָאתִיmy son;בְנִיgo back,שׁוּבlie down.”שְׁכָב
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” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kero” appearsSamuel
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” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsEli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shechav” appears5And 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.
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7Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, and the word of YHWH had not yet been revealed to him.
