1 Samuel 12:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־הָעָם֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אוּ אַתֶּ֣ם עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את אַ֗ךְ אַל־תָּס֙וּרוּ֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer šəmûʾēl ʾel-hā-ʿām ʾal-tîrāʾû ʾattem ʿăśîtem ʾēt kol-hā-rāʿāh ha-zōʾt ʾak ʾal-tāsûrû mē-ʾaḥărê YHWH wa-ʿăbadtem ʾet-YHWH bə-kol-ləbabkem

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*šəmûʾēl*: proper noun - Samuel
*ʾel*-*hā-ʿām*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - to the people
*ʾal*-*tîrāʾû*: negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - do not fear
*ʾattem*: 2nd person masculine plural independent pronoun - you
*ʿăśîtem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - have done
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*kol*-*hā-rāʿāh*: noun construct + definite article + noun feminine singular - all this evil
*ha-zōʾt*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this
*ʾak*: adverb - yet
*ʾal*-*tāsûrû*: negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - do not turn aside
*mē-ʾaḥărê*: preposition + preposition - from following
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*wa-ʿăbadtem*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - but serve
*ʾet*-*YHWH*: direct object marker + proper noun - the LORD
*bə-kol*-*ləbabkem*: preposition + noun construct + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - with all your heart

Word Meanings

*ʾal*-*tîrāʾû*: do not fear/be not afraid/do not be frightened
*hā-rāʿāh*: the evil/the wickedness/the wrongdoing
*ʾak*: yet/but/nevertheless
*ʾal*-*tāsûrû*: do not turn aside/do not depart/do not deviate
*mē-ʾaḥărê*: from following/from after/from going behind
*wa-ʿăbadtem*: but serve/and worship/but follow
*bə-kol*-*ləbabkem*: with all your heart/with your whole heart/with your entire inner being

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Referenced Verses

Deut 11:16 : 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Deut 31:29 : 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Josh 23:6 : 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is that man that maketh{H8804)} the LORD his trust, and respecteth{H8804)} not the proud, nor such as turn aside{H8802)} to lies.
Ps 101:3 : 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Exod 20:19-20 : 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Sam 12:24-25
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24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
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24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
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7And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
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