1 Samuel 3:15
opened <06605> [opened.]
Samuel ................ Samuel <08050> [Samuel.]
Samuel reverenced Eli as a father, and feared to distress him by shewing what God had purposed to do. It does not appear that God commanded Samuel to deliver this message; he therefore did not attempt it till adjured by Eli. It might be supposed that Samuel would have been so full of ecstasy as to have forgotten his ordinary service, and run amongst his friends to tell them of the converse he had with God in the night: but he modestly keeps it to himself. Our secret communion with God is not to be proclaimed on the house-top.
afraid <03372> [feared.]
1 Samuel 3:1
boy <05288> [the child.]
Word <01697> [the word.]
1 Samuel 30:11
gave ... bread <05414 03899> [gave him.]
1 Samuel 2:1
prayed <06419> [prayed.]
heart <03820> [My heart.]
horn <07161> [mine horn.]
<06310> [my mouth.]
happy <08055> [I rejoice.]
1 Samuel 3:10
Lord came <0935 03068> [the Lord came.]
This seems to imply a visible appearance, as well as an audible voice.
<06471> [as at other.]
Samuel did not now rise and run as before, when thought he Eli called, but lay still and listened. All must be silent, when God speaks. Observe, however, Samuel in his reply left out one word: he did not say, Speak, Lord, but only Speak, for thy servant heareth; perhaps, as Bp. Patrick suggests, out of uncertainty, whether it was God that spake to him or not. However, by this answer way was made for the message he was now to receive, and Samuel was brought acquainted with the words of God and visions of the Almighty.
1 Samuel 20:11
1 Samuel 1:15
lord <0113> [No, my Lord.]
stress <07186 07307> [of a sorrowful spirit. Heb. hard of spirit. poured.]
1 Samuel 3:9
Speak <01696> [Speak.]
1 Samuel 9:19
<07200> [the seer.]
The word {roaih} literally signifies one who sees; particularly preternatural sights. A seer and a prophet were the same in most cases; only with this difference, the seer was always a prophet, but the prophet was not always a seer. A seer seems to imply one who frequently met with and saw some symbolical representation of God. All prophets, true or false, profess to see God, (see Nu 24:4, 16. Jer 14:4;) and diviners, in their enthusiastic flights, boasted that they had those things exhibited to their sight which should come to pass.
tell <05046> [and will tell.]
1 Samuel 22:8
informs ...... son ....... son ............. informs ...... son <01540 01121> [sheweth me. Heb. uncovereth mine ear.]
son ....... son .................. son <01121> [that my son.]
