Study it in the app“Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Eben-ezer, and said, “Until now YHWH has helped us.””
Then Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלtookוַיִּקַּחaאַחַתstoneאֶבֶןand set itוַיָּשֶׂםbetweenבֵּיןMizpahהַמִּצְפָּהandוּבֵיןShen,הַשֵּׁןand calledוַיִּקְרָאits nameאֶת שְׁמָהּEben-ezer,אֶבֶן הָעָזֶרand said,וַיֹּאמַר“UntilעַדnowהֵנָּהYHWHיְהוָהhas helped us.”עֲזָרָנוּ
Samuel
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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsa certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “achat” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appearsShen
Shen, a place near Mizpah. The name means "tooth" or "crag".
Where else “shen” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appearsEben-ezer
Eben-ezer, the place where Israel camped against the Philistines and where Samuel later set up a stone as a memorial (1 Samuel 7:12). The name means "stone of help".
Where else “even” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” 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” appearshelp
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azara” appears“Eben-ezer” means “stone of help.”
Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
11And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them as far as below Beth-car.
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13So the Philistines were subdued and did not again come into the territory of Israel; and the hand of YHWH was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
