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1 Samuel 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.


1 Samuel 4:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:216 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּעַרְכ֨וּwayaʿarəkw
and they deployedconjH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֜יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt
to meetpronH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וַ/תִּטֹּשׁ֙watiṭōš
and it spread outconjH5203
drawn · let fall · forsake · join ···
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔הhamiləḥāmāh
the battleparticleH4421
fight · war
וַ/יִּנָּ֥גֶףwayināgep
and it was defeatedconjH5062
dash · hurt · plague · slay ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
וַ/יַּכּ֤וּwayakw
and they struck downconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
בַ/מַּֽעֲרָכָה֙bamaʿărākāh
in the battle linepronH4634
fight · be set in order · ordered place · rank ···
בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔הbaśādeh
in the fieldpronH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
כְּ/אַרְבַּ֥עַתkəʾarəbaʿat
about fourpronH702
אֲלָפִ֖יםʾălāpiym
thousandadjH505
אִֽישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
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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