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But the thingהַדָּבָרwas displeasingוַיֵּרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרthey said,אָמְרוּ“Giveתְּנָהusלָּנוּa kingמֶלֶךְto judge us.”לְשָׁפְטֵנוּAnd Samuelוַ שְׁמוּאֵלprayedיִּתְפַּלֵּלtoאֶלYHWH.יְהוָה
1 Samuel 8:6
Study it in the app“But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 8:6, word by word
- But the thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- was displeasingיֵּרַעyera
displease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “yera” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- they saidאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- to judge usשָׁפְטֵshafte
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shafte” appears- prayedיִּתְפַּלֵּלyitpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “yitpalel” appears- 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 context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And YHWH said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for it is not you they have despised, but me they have despised from reigning over them.