Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Eliוַ עֵלִיsaidיֹּאמֶרto Samuel,לִשְׁמוּאֵל“Go,לֵךְlie down;שְׁכָבand it will beוְהָיָהthat ifאִםhe callsיִקְרָאyou,אֵלֶיךָyou shall say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Speak,דַּבֵּרYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיyour servantעַבְדֶּךָis listening.’”שֹׁמֵעַSo Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלwentוַיֵּלֶךְand lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבin his place.בִּמְקוֹמוֹ
Eli
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” 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” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shechav” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearsYHWH
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” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears8And 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.
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10And YHWH came and stood there and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
