King James Version
1 Samuel 3:15 in the King James Version says “And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the visio...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.”
1 Samuel 3:15 · KJV
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. For I: or, And I will tell him vile: or, accursed restrained: Heb. frowned not upon them
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. more also: Hebr. so add any thing: or, word
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“lay”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“and opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“to shew”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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