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The nameוַיְהִי שֶׁםof his firstbornבְּנוֹ הַבְּכוֹרwasJoel,יוֹאֵלand the nameוְשֵׁםof his secondמִשְׁנֵהוּAbijah;אֲבִיָּהthey werejudgesשֹׁפְטִיםin Beersheba.בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע
1 Samuel 8:2
Study it in the app“The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:2, word by word
- The nameיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- The nameשֶׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of his firstbornבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of his firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- Joelיוֹאֵלyoel
Joel
Joel: the name of several people; among them the eldest son of Samuel (1 Samuel 8:2) and the prophet of the book of Joel. It means "YHWH is God".
Where else “yoel” appears- of his secondמִשְׁנֵmishne
second
Next in rank after the king.
Where else “mishne” appears- Abijahאֲבִיָּהaviya
Abijah
Abijah: the name of several people; among them Samuel's second son (1 Samuel 8:2), a son of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:1) and a king of Judah (2 Chronicles 13:1). It means "my father is YHWH."
Where else “aviya” appears- judgesשֹׁפְטִיםshoftim
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shoftim” appears- in Beershebaבְאֵרveer
Beersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “veer” appears
Places in this verse
Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
The context
1And it happened, when Samuel grew old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.