King James Version
1 Samuel 7:17 in the King James Version says “And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the L...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.”
1 Samuel 7:17 · KJV
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. in circuit: Heb. and he circuited
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for there was his house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and there he judged”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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