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The Hebrew word for prophet is nabi. A nabi was a recipient of God's revelation of Himself and His word. As points out, Samuel, for example was a' nabi. To whom God revealed Himself and who received messages directly from God (1 Samuel 3:7, 21). In the case of Samuel these messages comprised information that had contemporary relevance and were not a result of his own meditation or philosophical speculation.'
Also referenced in 2 Samuel 1:18. Manner of the Kingdom – “Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the LORD. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home” (1 Samuel 10:25). The First Book Of Samuel The Argument According as God had ordained, Deut. 17:14; that when the Israelites should be in the land of Canaan, he would appoint them a king: so here in the first book of Samuel is declared the state of this people under their first king Saul, who not content with that order which God had for a time.
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In Israel, as the era of the judges gave way to the period of the monarchy, a second type of prophet emerged, and Samuel then took on two titles: prophet ( nabi) and seer ( chozeh). In wearing each of these two hats interchangeably at different junctures in his service of YHWH, Samuel served in both capacities: nabi and chozeh. @GoneQuiet: No offense intended.
I not only tend to ramble, but I forget the site is not exclusively Christian. In future, I'll either stick to the Tanakh when answering Qs based on a text therein, or I'll preface the Christian ramifications/applications of my answer (if I deem them apt) with these words: 'The following material will likely be of interest only to Christians and is based on the doctrine of the Analogy of Scripture which to some Christians assumes the Bible comprises both the Tanakh and the New Testament.'
I promise to cut and paste this caveat whenever appropriate. Howzzat?–Jan 7 '14 at 22:32. @GoneQuiet: Oh, I forgot. The part of my unedited answer which talks about the 'erratic' (poor word choice?) nature of prophetic utterances was not meant as a slight to prophets or prophecies, but simply to suggest that there was a certain unpredictability regarding the who, what, when, where, how, and why of the prophetic word. It always came, of course, according to God's time and timing, but even then it came with a measure of unpredictability. IOW, true prophecy came only at the instigation of YHWH and always for His, not the prophets', purposes.–Jan 8 '14 at 0:21.
@GoneQuiet: My comments about the Mosaic Law were not meant to be offense. Quite the opposite. Many of the commandments in the ML were thousands of years ahead of their time. The dietary restrictions, for example, given as they were in a largely pre-scientific age (with no refrigeration, no concept of germs, poor sanitary conditions, etc.) saved perhaps millions of lives IF people obeyed them. That's what I meant when I said God always has a witness to the truth in every generation, whether via the prophetic word or commandments, lessons from history or wisdom literature.–Jan 8 '14 at 5:12.