1 Samuel 3:6

And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
called	קְרֹ֣א ke.Ro'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal infinitive construct
again	וַיֹּ֣סֶף vai.Yo.sef	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵל֒ she.mu.'El	H8050	Shemuel · proper noun, a man's name
Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵל֙ she.mu.'El	H8050	Shemuel · proper noun, a man's name
arose	וַיָּ֤קָם vai.Ya.kom	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Eli	עֵלִ֔י 'e.Li	H5941	Eli · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
call	קָרָ֖אתָ ka.Ra.ta	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
answered	וַיֹּ֛אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
called	קָרָ֥אתִי ka.Ra.ti	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
son	בְנִ֖י ve.Ni	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
down	שְׁכָֽב she.Khav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
again	שׁ֥וּב shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me?…
1 Samuel 4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
2 Samuel 18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wil…
Matthew 9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:1-10

To make way for the account of God's revealing himself first to Samuel, we are here told, 1. How industrious Samuel was in serving God, according as his place and capacity were (Sa1 3:1): The child Samuel, though but a child, ministered unto the Lord before Eli. It was an aggravation of the wickedness of Eli's sons that the child Samuel shamed them. They rebelled against the Lord, but Samuel ministered to him; they slighted their father's admonitions, but Samuel was observant of them; he ministered before Eli, under his eye and direction. It was the praise of Samuel that he was so far from being influenced by their bad example that he did not in the least fall off, but improved and went on.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 3:5

he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me--It is evident that his sleeping chamber was close to that of the aged high priest and that he was accustomed to be called during the night. The three successive calls addressed to the boy convinced Eli of the divine character of the speaker, and he therefore exhorted the child to give a reverential attention to the message. The burden of [the Lord's message] was an extraordinary premonition of the judgments that impended over Eli's house; and the aged priest, having drawn the painful secret from the child, exclaimed, "It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good." Such is the spirit of meek and unmurmuring submission in which we…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 3:4

The Lord called Samuel - The voice probably came from the holy place, near to which Eli and Samuel were both lying.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 3:6

And the Lord called yet again, Samuel,.... Called him a second time by his name, with a like audible voice as before: and Samuel arose, and went to Eli; did not run as before, being perhaps more thoughtful of this affair, that he should be called a second time, and careful not to awake Eli, should he be mistaken again, and find him asleep: and said, here am I, for thou didst call me; perceiving that he was awake, he desired to know what he wanted, and he was ready to help him; for he was now certain of it that he did call him: and he answered, I called not, my son, lie down again; by this appellation, my son, he expresses his affection to him, and signifies he took it kindly that he shoul…

The Church Fathers

And he said, "Here I am," etc. Let the diligent reader note that the same allegorical interpretation is not always the same as the order of historical truth but alternates in a similar, unequal, or contrary manner. In a similar way, indeed, Samuel's simple youth and Eli's sluggish blindness signify the humility of the Lord Savior and the stubborn foolishness of the Jews. Unequally, however, the dubious words of Samuel saying, "Here I am, for you called me," prefigure the true and certain incarnation of Christ. Contrarily, as lower, David's sin in the matter of Uriah suggests the merciful grace of Christ, by which He condescended to save the nations.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

And the Lord added to call Samuel again, etc. Let us not tire of repeating in our discussions what neither the Lord tired of saying, nor the historian of repeating in writing. God the Father calls God the Son, not as a man calls another man, by moving the air with words from one place to another; but showing Him, always remaining in His invisible presence, even when He bore man on earth through visible signs. And since Samuel means "God" or "name of God," we might rightly say that the Lord called Samuel when the Father demonstrated His incarnate Son with miracles as the true God, and he responded, "Here I am." To whom the same Son said: "I am in the Father, and the Father is in me" (John 14).
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

Samuel — Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly…
Call · .SAMUEL — .SAMUEL
Prophets · God communicated to: By an audible voice — God communicated to: By an audible voice
Samuel · His vision concerning the house of Eli — His vision concerning the house of Eli
Visions · Mentioned in scripture: To Samuel — Mentioned in scripture: To Samuel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 3:6

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 3:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 3:4

John Gill on 1 Samuel 3:6

The Church Fathers

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1 Samuel 3:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 3:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 3:4

John Gill on 1 Samuel 3:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 3:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 3:3

Rashi on 1 Samuel 3:4