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And his returnוּתְשֻׁבָתוֹwas to Ramah,הָרָמָתָהforכִּיthereשָׁםwas his house,בֵּיתוֹand thereוְשָׁםhe judgedשָׁפָטIsrael;אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלand he builtוַיִּבֶןthereשָׁםan altarמִזְבֵּחַto YHWH.לַיהוָה
1 Samuel 7:17
Study it in the app“And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 7:17, word by word
- And his returnתְשֻׁבָתteshuvat
return
Coming back; "when the year comes round": the next year.
Where else “teshuvat” appears- was to Ramahרָמָתָramata
Ramah
See it on the mapWhere else “ramata” appears- was his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- he judgedשָׁפָטshafat
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shafat” appears- 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- and he builtיִּבֶןyiven
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appears- an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears
Places in this verse
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
The context
16He would go year by year and make the round of Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and judge Israel in all these places.
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