1 Samuel 3:16 (YLT)

Passage

And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.'

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 3:14 and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering--unto the age.'

1 Samuel 3:15 And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.

1 Samuel 3:16 And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.'

1 Samuel 3:17 And he saith, `What <FI>is<Fi> the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.'

1 Samuel 3:18 And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "calleth", "samuel", "saith", and "here". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "calleth" and "samuel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And Samuel lieth till the morning and..." into verse 17's "And he saith What FI is Fi...", so "calleth" and "samuel" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "calleth" and "samuel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.