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1 Samuel 4:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.


1 Samuel 4:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:1825 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֞יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/הַזְכִּיר֣/וֹkəhazəkiyrwō
be malepronH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲר֣וֹןʾărwōn
arknounH727
chest · coffin
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וַ/יִּפֹּ֣לwayipōl
be acceptedconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
מֵֽ/עַלmēʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ֠/כִּסֵּאhakisēʾ
seatparticleH3678
stool · throne
אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜יתʾăḥōraniyt
back (-wardadvH322
again)
בְּעַ֣דbəʿad
aboutpronH1157
at by · for · over · through ···
יַ֣דyad
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
הַ/שַּׁ֗עַרhašaʿar
cityparticleH8179
door · gate · port
וַ/תִּשָּׁבֵ֤רwatišābēr
break (downconjH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
מַפְרַקְתּ/וֹ֙mapəraqətwō
necknounH4665
וַ/יָּמֹ֔תwayāmōt
dead (bodyconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
זָקֵ֥ןzāqēn
aged manverbH2204
be old
הָ/אִ֖ישׁhāʾiyš
manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/כָבֵ֑דwəkābēd
greatconjH3515
grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···
וְ/ה֛וּאwəhwʾ
heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
שָׁפַ֥טšāpaṭ
contendverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםʾarəbāʿiym
-fortyadjH705
שָׁנָֽהšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
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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