1 Samuel 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.”

1 Samuel 4:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:1213 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּ֤רָץwayārāṣ

break downconjH7323

divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···

אִישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

בִּנְיָמִן֙binəyāmin

BenjaminnounH1144

מֵ/הַ/מַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔הmēhamaʿărākāh

armypronH4634

fight · be set in order · ordered place · rank ···

וַ/יָּבֹ֥אwayābōʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

שִׁלֹ֖הšilōh

ShilohnounH7887

בַּ/יּ֣וֹםbaywōm

daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הַ/ה֑וּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

וּ/מַדָּ֣י/וwmadāyw

armourconjH4055

clothes · garment · judgment · measure ···

קְרֻעִ֔יםqəruʿiym

cut outverbH7167

rend · surely · tear

וַ/אֲדָמָ֖הwaʾădāmāh

countryconjH127

earth · ground · husband · land

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

רֹאשֽׁ/וֹrōʾšwō

bandnounH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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