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 4:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:216 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּעַרְכ֨וּwayaʿarəkw

put (the battleconjH6186

self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···

פְלִשְׁתִּ֜יםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt

befallpronH7122

chance · come · fall out · happen ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

וַ/תִּטֹּשׁ֙watiṭōš

cast offconjH5203

drawn · let fall · forsake · join ···

הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔הhamiləḥāmāh

battleparticleH4421

fight · war

וַ/יִּנָּ֥גֶףwayināgep

beatconjH5062

dash · hurt · plague · slay ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

וַ/יַּכּ֤וּwayakw

beatconjH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

בַ/מַּֽעֲרָכָה֙bamaʿărākāh

armypronH4634

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

בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔הbaśādeh

countrypronH7704

field · ground · land · soil ···

כְּ/אַרְבַּ֥עַתkəʾarəbaʿat

fourpronH702

אֲלָפִ֖יםʾălāpiym

thousandadjH505

אִֽישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

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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