1 Samuel 4:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.”

1 Samuel 4:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:1510 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/עֵלִ֕יwəʿēliy

EliconjH5941

בֶּןben

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

תִּשְׁעִ֥יםtišəʿiym

ninetyadjH8673

וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֖הwšəmōneh

eight(-eenconjH8083

-eenth) · eighth

שָׁנָ֑הšānāh

yearnounH8141

whole age · long · old

וְ/עֵינָ֣י/וwəʿēynāyw

eyeconjH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

קָ֔מָהqāmāh

abideverbH6965

accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָכ֖וֹלyākwōl

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לִ/רְאֽוֹתlirəʾwōt

advise selfpronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

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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