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Now YHWHוַיהוָהhad made knownגָּלָה אֶת אֹזֶןto Samuel,שְׁמוּאֵלoneאֶחָדdayיוֹםbeforeלִפְנֵיSaulשָׁאוּלcame,בוֹאsaying,לֵאמֹר
1 Samuel 9:15
Study it in the app“Now YHWH had made known to Samuel, one day before Saul came, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:15, word by word
- Now YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- had made knownגָּלָהgala
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “gala” appears- had made knownאֹזֶןozen
reveal
To let someone know something, reveal it to him.
Where else “ozen” appears- to 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- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- cameבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Translation note
Word for word: “had uncovered the ear of Samuel.”
The context
14So they went up to the city. As they were coming into the middle of the city, there was Samuel coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place.
15 · This verse (above)
16“About this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him as leader over my people Israel; and he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people, for their cry has come to me.”