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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרSamuelשְׁמוּאֵלgrew old,זָקֵןthat he madeוַיָּשֶׂםhis sonsאֶת בָּנָיוjudgesשֹׁפְטִיםover Israel.לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Samuel 8:1
Study it in the app“And it happened, when Samuel grew old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.”
Samuel's sons did not walk in his waysParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:1, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- 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- grew oldזָקֵןzaken
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appears- that he madeיָּשֶׂםyasem
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “yasem” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- judgesשֹׁפְטִיםshoftim
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shoftim” appears- over 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
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.