Study it in the app“And YHWH called Samuel again, the third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli understood that YHWH was calling the boy.”
And YHWHוַ יְהוָהcalledיֹּסֶף קְרֹאSamuelשְׁמוּאֵלagain, the third time.בַּשְּׁלִשִׁיתAnd he got upוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלEliעֵלִיand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am,הִנְנִיforכִּיyou calledקָרָאתָme.”לִיThen Eliוַ עֵלִיunderstoodיָּבֶןthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwas callingקֹרֵאthe boy.לַנָּעַר
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” appearsthird
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishit” 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” appearsunderstand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yaven” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears7Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, and the word of YHWH had not yet been revealed to him.
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9And Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it will be that if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, YHWH, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
