1 Samuel
1 Samuel 12:20–21
20“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. 21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 Samuel 12:20
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| be afraid | תִּירָ֔אוּ | tî·rā·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3372 fear |
| Samuel | שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל | šə·mū·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8050 Samuel |
| replied | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Even though you | אַתֶּ֣ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| have committed | עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם | ‘ă·śî·ṯem | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| this | הַזֹּ֑את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| evil | הָרָעָ֖ה | hā·rā·‘āh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| turn aside | תָּס֙וּרוּ֙ | tā·sū·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5493 turn aside |
| from following | מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י | mê·’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition-m | H310 behind |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| but serve | וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם | wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H5647 work, serve |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| with all | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your heart | לְבַבְכֶֽם׃ | lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
1 Samuel 12:21
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | וְלֹ֖א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| turn aside | תָּס֑וּרוּ | tā·sū·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5493 turn aside |
| after | אַחֲרֵ֣י | ’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition | H310 behind |
| worthless | הַתֹּ֗הוּ | hat·tō·hū | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness |
| things that | אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| cannot | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| profit | יוֹעִ֛ילוּ | yō·w·‘î·lū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3276 profit, avail, benefit |
| or deliver | יַצִּ֖ילוּ | yaṣ·ṣî·lū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5337 strip, plunder |
| for | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| they | הֵֽמָּה׃ | hêm·māh | Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
| empty | תֹ֥הוּ | ṯō·hū | Noun - masculine singular | H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Samuel 12:20 Deuteronomy 11:16 · Joshua 23:6 · Psalm 101:3 · Psalm 125:5
1 Samuel 12:21 Habakkuk 2:18 · Jeremiah 16:19 · Jeremiah 10:15 · Jeremiah 14:22 · Deuteronomy 11:16 · Jeremiah 2:13 · Isaiah 44:9–10 · Isaiah 45:20 · Jonah 2:8 · 1 Corinthians 8:4 · Isaiah 46:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.