Study it in the app“So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it up as a burnt offering, whole, to YHWH; and Samuel cried out to YHWH for Israel, and YHWH answered him.”
So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלtookוַיִּקַּחaאֶחָדnursingחָלָבlambטְלֵהand offered it upוַיַּעֲלֵהוּas a burnt offering,עוֹלָהwhole,כָּלִילto YHWH;לַיהוָהand Samuelוַ שְׁמוּאֵלcried outיִּזְעַקtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהforבְּעַדIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand YHWHוַ יְהוָהanswered him.יַּעֲנֵהוּ
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 “echad” appearsmilk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appearslamb
Young lamb, still nursing.
Where else “tele” appearsoffer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “yaale” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearswhole
Complete, with nothing lacking and nothing left over.
Where else “kalil” 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 “yhva” appearscry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “yizak” 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” appearshear prayer
God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.
Where else “yaane” appears8And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not keep silent from us by ceasing to cry out to YHWH our Elohim, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
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10And it happened, as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, that the Philistines drew near for war against Israel; and YHWH thundered with a great voice on that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were struck down before Israel.
