The Meaning of 1 Samuel 3:7 Explained

1 Samuel 3:7

KJV: Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

YLT: And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him.

Darby: Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.

ASV: Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now Samuel  did not yet  know  the LORD,  neither was the word  of the LORD  yet revealed  unto him. 

What does 1 Samuel 3:7 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 3:1-9 - Speak, Lord For Thy Servant Heareth
As we read again these familiar verses, we are taken back in thought to the dear scenes of childhood-to the home we remember so well and to the mother's voice, perhaps now silent. This story, which was our favorite then, is hardly less dear to us now that we are well advanced on the pathway toward the home beyond.
The dying lamp of the Tabernacle, the glimmering dawn, the silence and awe of the Holy Place were in strict accord with the boy's attentive ear and opened heart. The rug or couch on which he lay was not too lowly for the eternal God to visit. Stooping from His high heaven, He came, and stood, and called. He was not angry because the child did not understand; nor did he, impatient of the delay, close the interview because He was not recognized. He knew that, once he understood, Samuel's heart would be eager to obey the call. With all of us there is ignorance as well as mistake. In our confusion we run hither and thither. It is best to lie still, even though the heart throbs and the attention is alert, until the knock is again heard on the door. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 3

1  How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel
11  God tells Samuel the destruction of Eli's house
15  Samuel, though loath, tells Eli the vision
19  Samuel grows in credit

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 3:7 mean?

Now Samuel not did yet know nor Yahweh and yet was revealed to him the word of Yahweh
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל טֶ֖רֶם יָדַ֣ע אֶת־ יְהוָ֑ה וְטֶ֛רֶם יִגָּלֶ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו דְּבַר־ יְהוָֽה

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל  Now  Samuel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמוּאֵל  
Sense: son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David.
יָדַ֣ע  did  yet  know 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
אֶת־  nor 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְטֶ֛רֶם  and  yet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: טֶרֶם  
Sense: before, not yet, before that.
יִגָּלֶ֥ה  was  revealed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
אֵלָ֖יו  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
דְּבַר־  the  word 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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