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And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Gatherקִבְצוּallאֶת כָּלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלat Mizpah,הַמִּצְפָּתָהand I will prayוְאֶתְפַּלֵּלfor youבַּעַדְכֶםtoאֶלYHWH.”יְהוָה
1 Samuel 7:5
Study it in the app“And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray for you to YHWH.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 7:5, word by word
- And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Gatherקִבְצוּkivtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kivtsu” 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- at Mizpahמִּצְפָּתָmitspata
Mizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspata” appears- and I will prayאֶתְפַּלֵּלetpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “etpalel” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
4So the sons of Israel put away the Baals and the Astartes, and served YHWH alone.
5 · This verse (above)
6So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before YHWH, and they fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against YHWH.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.