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And so it wasוַיְהִיfromמֵthatהַ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםforward:וָמָעְלָהhe made itוַיְשִׂמֶהָa statuteלְחֹקand a ruleוּלְמִשְׁפָּטfor Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלtoעַדthisהַ הַזֶּהday.יּוֹם
1 Samuel 30:25
Study it in the app“And so it was from that day forward: he made it a statute and a rule for Israel to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:25, word by word
- And so it wasיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- forwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- he made itיְשִׂמֶyesime
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yesime” appears- a statuteחֹקchok
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chok” appears- and a ruleמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpat” appears- for Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
24Who will listen to you in this matter? For as the share of him who goes down into battle, so shall be the share of him who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.”
25 · This verse (above)
26David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his companions, saying, “Here is for you a blessing from the spoil of the enemies of YHWH”: