1 Samuel 12:17
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.”
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.
קוֹל
thunder claps
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קוֹל
Voice, sound, thunder. Qowl. A voice of one calling in the desert. God speaks in many ways. The voice that matters most is the one that points to Jesus.
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רַע
evil/ your
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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מֶלֶךְ
a king
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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קָרָא
I will call out
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קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
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קָצִיר
is the harvest of
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קָצִיר
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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רַב
is great
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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חִטָּה
wheats
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חִטָּה
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
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