1 Samuel 3

1 and [the] youth Samuel to minister [obj] LORD to/for face: before Eli and word LORD to be precious in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) nothing vision to break through

The child Samuel served Yahweh under Eli. Yahweh's word was rare in those days; there was no frequent prophetic vision.

2 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and Eli to lie down: lay down in/on/with place his (and eye: seeing his *Q(K)*) to profane/begin: begin faint not be able to/for to see: see

At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.

3 and lamp God before to quench and Samuel to lie down: lay down in/on/with temple LORD which there ark God

The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down to sleep in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was.

4 and to call: call to LORD to(wards) Samuel and to say look! I

Yahweh called to Samuel, who said, “Here I am.”

5 and to run: run to(wards) Eli and to say look! I for to call: call to to/for me and to say not to call: call to to return: again to lie down: lay down and to go: went and to lie down: lay down

Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Eli said, “I did not call you; lie down again.” So Samuel went and lay down.

6 and to add: again LORD to call: call to still Samuel and to arise: rise Samuel and to go: went to(wards) Eli and to say look! I for to call: call to to/for me and to say not to call: call to son: child my to return: again to lie down: lay down

Yahweh called again, “Samuel.” Again Samuel rose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son; lie down again.”

7 and Samuel before to know [obj] LORD and before to reveal: reveal to(wards) him word LORD

Now Samuel did not yet have any experience of Yahweh, nor had any message from Yahweh ever been revealed to him.

8 and to add: again LORD to call: call to Samuel in/on/with third and to arise: rise and to go: went to(wards) Eli and to say look! I for to call: call to to/for me and to understand Eli for LORD to call: call to to/for youth

Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. Again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli realized that Yahweh had called the boy.

9 and to say Eli to/for Samuel to go: went to lie down: lay down and to be if to call: call to to(wards) you and to say to speak: speak LORD for to hear: hear servant/slave your and to go: went Samuel and to lie down: lay down in/on/with place his

Then Eli said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again; if he calls you again, you must say, 'Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening.'” So Samuel went and lay down in his own place once more.

10 and to come (in): come LORD and to stand and to call: call to like/as beat in/on/with beat Samuel Samuel and to say Samuel to speak: speak for to hear: hear servant/slave your

Yahweh came and stood; he called as at the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

11 and to say LORD to(wards) Samuel behold I to make: do word: thing in/on/with Israel which all to hear: hear him to tingle two ear his

Yahweh said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

12 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to arise: establish to(wards) Eli [obj] all which to speak: speak to(wards) house: household his to profane/begin: begin and to end: finish

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, from beginning to end.

13 and to tell to/for him for to judge I [obj] house: household his till forever: enduring in/on/with iniquity: crime which to know for to lighten to/for them son: child his and not to rebuke in/on/with them

I have told him that I am about to judge his house once for all for the sin that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves and he did not stop them.

14 and to/for so to swear to/for house: household Eli if: surely yes to atone iniquity: crime house: household Eli in/on/with sacrifice and in/on/with offering till forever: enduring

Because of this I have sworn to the house of Eli that the sins of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”

15 and to lie down: lay down Samuel till [the] morning and to open [obj] door house: temple LORD and Samuel to fear from to tell [obj] [the] vision to(wards) Eli

Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

16 and to call: call to Eli [obj] Samuel and to say Samuel son: child my and to say look! I

Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” Samuel said, “Here I am.”

17 and to say what? [the] word: thing which to speak: speak to(wards) you not please to hide from me thus to make: do to/for you God and thus to add if to hide from me word: thing from all [the] word: thing which to speak: speak to(wards) you

He said, “What was the word he spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and even more, if you hide anything from me of all the words that he spoke to you.”

18 and to tell to/for him Samuel [obj] all [the] word: thing and not to hide from him and to say LORD he/she/it [the] pleasant (in/on/with eye: appearance his *Q(K)*) to make: do

Samuel told him everything; he hid nothing from him. Eli said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

19 and to magnify Samuel and LORD to be with him and not to fall: fall from all word his land: soil [to]

Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him, and he let none of his prophetic words fall to the ground.

20 and to know all Israel from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba for be faithful Samuel to/for prophet to/for LORD

All Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was appointed to be a prophet of Yahweh.

21 and to add: again LORD to/for to see: see in/on/with Shiloh for to reveal: reveal LORD to(wards) Samuel in/on/with Shiloh in/on/with word LORD

Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.