12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 7:12:1 ⧉וַיִּקַּ֨חvayikkakhand he took 1 Samuel 7:12:2 ⧉שְׁמוּאֵ֜לshemuelSamuel 1 Samuel 7:12:3 ⧉אֶ֣בֶןevena stone 1 Samuel 7:12:4 ⧉אַחַ֗תakhatone {feminine} 1 Samuel 7:12:5 ⧉וַיָּ֤שֶׂםvayasemand he set 1 Samuel 7:12:6 ⧉בֵּֽין־הַמִּצְפָּה֙benhamitspabetween Mizpah 1 Samuel 7:12:7 ⧉וּבֵ֣יןuvenand between 1 Samuel 7:12:8 ⧉הַשֵּׁ֔ןhashenShen 1 Samuel 7:12:9 ⧉וַיִּקְרָ֥אvayikraand he called 1 Samuel 7:12:10 ⧉אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּetshemaits name 1 Samuel 7:12:11 ⧉אֶ֣בֶןevenstone 1 Samuel 7:12:12 ⧉הָעָ֑זֶרhaazerthe help 1 Samuel 7:12:13 ⧉וַיֹּאמַ֕רvayomarand he said 1 Samuel 7:12:14 ⧉עַד־הֵ֖נָּהadhenauntil here 1 Samuel 7:12:15 ⧉עֲזָרָ֥נוּazaranuhas helped us 1 Samuel 7:12:16 ⧉יְהוָֽה׃yahwehthe LORD |
12. Formal Translation Then Samuel took a single stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He called it Ebenezer and said, “Up to this point the LORD {Yahweh, Deliverer} has helped us.” |
12. Dynamic Translation Samuel selected a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, meaning the stone of help, and said, “The LORD {Yahweh, Faithful Rescuer} has helped us all the way to here.” |