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So Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלtoldוַיֹּאמֶרallאֵת כָּלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof YHWHיְהוָהtoאֶלthe peopleהָעָםwho were askingהַשֹּׁאֲלִיםof himמֵאִתּוֹa king.מֶלֶךְ
1 Samuel 8:10
Study it in the app“So Samuel told all the words of YHWH to the people who were asking of him a king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:10, word by word
- So 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- toldיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of 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- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who were askingשֹּׁאֲלִיםshoalim
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shoalim” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
9And now, listen to their voice; only you shall solemnly testify against them and declare to them the right of the king who will reign over them.”
10 · This verse (above)
11And he said, “This will be the right of the king who will reign over you: your sons he will take and appoint for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots;