1 Samuel

1 Samuel 7:12

¹²Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen.^b He named it Ebenezer,^c saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

Footnotes

b 7:12 Hebrew; LXX and Syriac Jeshanah
c 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Afterward	שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל	šə·mū·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8050 Samuel
Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל	šə·mū·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8050 Samuel
took	וַיִּקַּ֨ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
a	אַחַ֗ת	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
stone	אֶ֣בֶן	’e·ḇen	Noun - feminine singular construct	H68 stone
and set	וַיָּ֤שֶׂם	way·yā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
between	בֵּֽין־	bên-	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
Mizpah	הַמִּצְפָּה֙	ham·miṣ·pāh	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4709 Mitspah
and Shen	הַשֵּׁ֔ן	haš·šên	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8129 Shen
He named	וַיִּקְרָ֥א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
it Ebenezer	הָעָ֑זֶר	hā·‘ā·zer	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H72 Eben-ha-Ezer
saying	וַיֹּאמַ֕ר	way·yō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Thus	הֵ֖נָּה	hên·nāh	Adverb	H2008 hither
far	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has helped us	עֲזָרָ֥נוּ	‘ă·zā·rā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H5826 help, succour

Cross-references

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2 Corinthians 1:10 · Joshua 4:9 · Acts 26:22 · Genesis 22:14 · Genesis 35:14 · 1 Samuel 5:1 · Isaiah 46:3–4 · Genesis 31:45–52 · Joshua 24:26–27 · Genesis 28:18–19 · Joshua 4:20–24 · Psalm 71:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.