Study it in the app“And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If with all your heart you are returning to YHWH, put away the foreign gods from among you, and the Astartes, and prepare your heart for YHWH and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.””
And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלspokeוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלallכָּלthe houseבֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“Ifאִםwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבַבְכֶםyouאַתֶּםare returningשָׁבִיםtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהput awayהָסִירוּ אֶתthe foreignהַנֵּכָרgodsאֱלֹהֵיfrom among you,מִתּוֹכְכֶםand the Astartes,וְהָעַשְׁתָּרוֹתand prepareוְהָכִינוּyour heartלְבַבְכֶםforאֶלYHWHיְהוָהand serve himוְעִבְדֻהוּalone,לְבַדּוֹand he will deliverוְיַצֵּלyouאֶתְכֶםfrom the handמִיַּדof the Philistines.”פְּלִשְׁתִּים
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
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” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsturn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shavim” 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” appearsremove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiru” appearsforeign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsAshtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appearsprepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinu” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ivdu” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsel” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears2And it happened, from the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath-jearim, that the days grew many and came to be twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after YHWH.
3 · This verse (above)
4So the sons of Israel put away the Baals and the Astartes, and served YHWH alone.
