1 Samuel 10:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
עָשָׂה
you will do
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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יָחַל
may you wait
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יָחַל
To hope, to wait, to look for. Yachal. Hope in God. Confident anticipation of His intervention not passive resignation.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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זֶבַח
sacrifices of
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זֶבַח
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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עֹלָה
burnt offerings
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עֹלָה
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
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יוֹם
days
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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שֶׁלֶם
peace offerings
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שֶׁלֶם
properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks
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