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He turnedוַיִּפֶןbackאַחֲרָיוand saw meוַיִּרְאֵנִיand calledוַיִּקְרָאto me,אֵלָיand I said,וָאֹמַר‘Here I am.’הִנֵּנִי
2 Samuel 1:7
Study it in the app“He turned back and saw me and called to me, and I said, ‘Here I am.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 1:7, word by word
- He turnedיִּפֶןyifen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifen” appears- and saw meיִּרְאֵyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appears- and I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears
The context
6The young man who was reporting it to him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and look, Saul was leaning on his spear; and look, the chariots and the horsemen were following him closely.
7 · This verse (above)
8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I said to him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’