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1 Samuel 7:9

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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ASV

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto Jehovah: and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for Israel; and Jehovah answered him.

KJV

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050 →
טְלֵ֤הte.Leha lamb ofH2924 →
חָלָב֙cha.LavmilkH2461 →
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
וַיַּעֲלֵ֧הוּvai.ya.'a.le.huand he offered up itH5927 →
עוֹלָ֛הo.Laha burnt offeringH5930 →
כָּלִ֖ילka.Lila whole offeringH3632 →
לַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
וַיִּזְעַ֨קvai.yiz.'Akand he cried outH2199 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֤לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּעַ֣דbe.'AdforH1157 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huand he answered himH6030 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.1 Samuel 16:2“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’1 Samuel 14:35Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.Judges 2:5So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.2 Samuel 24:25And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.1 Samuel 9:12“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.1 Samuel 6:14–15The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.1 Samuel 10:8And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”1 Kings 18:30–38Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.Judges 6:28When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.Leviticus 17:8Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrificeExodus 29:18Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.1 Kings 18:32And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.Judges 6:26Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

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