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1 Samuel 3:10

And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

KJV

Et venit Dominus, et stetit : et vocavit, sicut vocaverat secundo : Samuel, Samuel. Et ait Samuel : Loquere, Domine, quia audit servus tuus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθεν Κύριος καὶ κατέστη, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν ὡς ἅπαξ καὶ ἅπαξ· καὶ εἶπεν Σαμουήλ Λάλει, ὅτι ἀκούει ὁ δοῦλός σου.

LXX

And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֤א יְהוָה֙ וַ/יִּתְיַצַּ֔ב וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א כְ/פַֽעַם בְּ/פַ֖עַם שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ דַּבֵּ֔ר כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ עַבְדֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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People Samuel

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הִתְיַצֵּ֖ב
htytsb
verb · 48×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shmv'l
proper_noun · 140×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2578The prayer of the People of God flourishes in the shadow of God's dwelling place, first the ark of the covenant and later the Temple. At first the leaders of the people - the shepherds and the prophets - teach them to pray. the infant Samuel must have learned from his mother Hannah how "to stand before the LORD" and from the priest Eli how to listen to his word: "Speak, LORD, f…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 3:21 — And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
  • Acts 10:4 — And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
  • Exod 3:4 — And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
  • Gen 46:2 — And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.