1 SAMUEL 15:28

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.”

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1 Samuel 15:28 Translation & Meaning

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And Samuel שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל Shemuel, the name of three Israelites Samuel
said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
unto אֵלָיו֙ Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
him, The Lord יְהוָ֜ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
hath rent קָרַ֨ע To rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) rent
the kingdom מַמְלְכ֧וּת Dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) kingdom
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
from מֵֽעָלֶ֖יךָ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications from
thee this day, הַיּ֑וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) day
and hath given וּנְתָנָ֕הּ To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) given
it to a neighbour לְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ An associate (more or less close) neighbour
of thine, better הַטּ֥וֹב Good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well) thine better
that is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
than מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses than
thou. מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses thou

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  • 26  And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

  • 27  And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

  • 28  And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

  • 29  And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

  • 30  Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.




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