So Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him—Samuel's *olah* (burnt offering) of a *seh* (lamb) is a *korban* (sacrifice) of total dedication. His *tzeakah* (cry) ascends simultaneously with the smoke; the LORD's *anah* (answering) comes immediately—a theophanic response to sacrifice and prayer.

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