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Then allכֹּלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgathered togetherוַיִּתְקַבְּצוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלSamuelשְׁמוּאֵלat Ramahהָרָמָתָה
1 Samuel 8:4
Study it in the app“Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:4, word by word
- the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of 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- gathered togetherיִּתְקַבְּצוּyitkabtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yitkabtsu” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” 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- at Ramahרָמָתָramata
Ramah
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Places in this verse
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
The context
3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 · This verse (above)
5and said to him, “Look, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”