1 SAMUEL 4:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.”
She named the child Ichabod, saying: The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband—*vayiqra* (she called) the boy *Ikhavod* (I-khavod, no glory, or the glory is gone). The name *ichabod* (*ayin kavodh*) encodes national tragedy: the divine *kavod* (glory, presence, weight, honor) has been *gal galuh* (gone into exile) with the ark. The name itself is a lament.
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