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1 Samuel

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'Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread."'"

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Everyone the whole, all Noun H3605 כָּל־ kol-
who is left to remain over Verb H3498 הַנֹּותָר֙ han·no·v·tar
in your house a house Noun H1004 בְּבֵ֣יתְךָ֔ be·vei·te·cha,
will come to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 יָבֹוא֙ ya·vo·v
and bow down to bow down Verb H7812 לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת le·hish·ta·cha·vot
to him for a piece payment Noun H95 לַאֲגֹ֥ורַת la·'a·go·v·rat
of silver silver, money Noun H3701 כֶּ֖סֶף ke·sef
or a loaf a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money) Noun H3603 וְכִכַּר־ ve·chik·kar-
of bread bread, food Noun H3899 לָ֑חֶם la·chem;
and say, to utter, say Verb H559 וְאָמַ֗ר ve·'a·mar
"Please I (we) pray, now Interjection H4994 נָ֛א na
assign to join, attach to Verb H5596 סְפָחֵ֥נִי se·fa·che·ni
Analysis:
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me to one one Adjective H259 אַחַ֥ת a·chat
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of the priest's offices priesthood Noun H3550 הַכְּהֻנֹּ֖ות hak·ke·hun·no·vt
so that I may eat to eat Verb H398 לֶאֱכֹ֥ל le·'e·chol
a piece fragment, bit, morsel Noun H6595 פַּת־ pat-
of bread."'" bread, food Noun H3899 לָֽחֶם׃ la·chem.

Locations

Put

PUTput (puT; Phoud, in Genesis and Chronicles, variant for Genesis Phout, for Chronicles, Phouth):1. Renderings:In consequence of the identification at the time, the prophets have "Libya" (Libues), except Nab 3:9, where the Greek renders the word as phuge, "flight." The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) has "Phut," "Phuth," and in the Prophets "Li... View Details

People

Put

a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

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New American Standard Bible 1995 'Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread."'"
King James Bible 'Everyone who And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in your thine house will shall come and bow down crouch to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and a morsel of bread, and shall say, "Please assign me to Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priest's offices so priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."'"
Hebrew Greek English 'Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread."'"