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1 Samuel 7:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.


1 Samuel 7:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 7:1219 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּ֨חwayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
שְׁמוּאֵ֜לšəmwʾēl
SamuelnounH8050
Shemuel
אֶ֣בֶןʾeben
(chalk-nounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
אַחַ֗תʾaḥat
aadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂםwayāśem
appointconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
בֵּֽיןbēyn
amongpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הַ/מִּצְפָּה֙hamiṣəpāh
Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation ofparticleH4709
וּ/בֵ֣יןwbēyn
amongconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הַ/שֵּׁ֔ןhašēn
ShenparticleH8129
וַ/יִּקְרָ֥אwayiqərāʾ
bewrayconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁמָ֖/הּšəmāh
famenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
אֶ֣בֶןʾeben
EbenezernounH72
הָעָ֑זֶרhāʿāzer
EbenezernounH72
וַ/יֹּאמַ֕רwayōʾmar
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הֵ֖נָּהhēnāh
hereadvH2008
hither · now · on this side · since ···
עֲזָרָ֥/נוּʿăzārānw
helpverbH5826
succour
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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