1 Samuel 2:7
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.”
יָרַשׁ
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
רוּם
is exalting
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רוּם
To be high, to be exalted, to rise. Ruwm. I dwell on a high and holy place but also with the contrite. God is both transcendent and intimately near.
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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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שָׁפֵל
he is bringing low
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שָׁפֵל
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
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