1 Samuel 7:12
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁמוּאֵל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
Shemuel, the name of three Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
מִצְפֶּה
Mitspeh
Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine
גֹּשֶׁן
Gôshen
Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר
ʼEben hâ-ʻÊzer
Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כֹּה
kôh
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
גֹּשֶׁן Gôshen
Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
Study H1657 →כֹּה kôh
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
Study H3541 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
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