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1 Samuel 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.


1 Samuel 4:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:1721 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan
give accountconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
הַֽ/מְבַשֵּׂ֜רhaməbaśēr
messengerparticleH1319
preach · publish · shew forth · (bear ···
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָ֤סnās
awayverbH5127
abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpəlišətiym
PhilistinenounH6430
וְ/גַ֛םwəgam
againconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
מַגֵּפָ֥הmagēpāh
plaguenounH4046
slaughter · stroke
גְדוֹלָ֖הgədwōlāh
elderadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
הָיְתָ֣הhāyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בָ/עָ֑םbāʿām
peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/גַםwəgam
againconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
שְׁנֵ֨יšənēy
bothadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
בָנֶ֜י/ךָbāneykā
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מֵ֗תוּmētw
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
חָפְנִי֙ḥāpəniy
HophninounH2652
וּ/פִ֣ינְחָ֔סwpiynəḥās
PhinehasconjH6372
וַ/אֲר֥וֹןwaʾărwōn
arkconjH727
chest · coffin
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
נִלְקָֽחָהniləqāḥāh
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
Words 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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