“And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.”
1 Samuel 4:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 4:325 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֣אwayābōʾ
and it cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
הָ/עָם֮hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶה֒hamaḥăneh
the campparticleH4264
band · battle · camp · company ···
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙wayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
זִקְנֵ֣יziqənēy
the elders ofadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נְגָפָ֧/נוּnəgāpānw
has he defeated usverbH5062
dash · hurt · plague · slay ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הַ/יּ֖וֹםhaywōm
this dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
נִקְחָ֧הniqəḥāh
let us bringverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֵלֵ֣י/נוּʾēlēynw
to ourselvespronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מִ/שִּׁלֹ֗הmišilōh
from ShilohpronH7887
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲרוֹן֙ʾărwōn
the ark ofnounH727
chest · coffin
בְּרִ֣יתbəriyt
the covenant ofnounH1285
feder · covenant · league
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/יָבֹ֣אwəyābōʾ
so it may comeconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בְ/קִרְבֵּ֔/נוּbəqirəbēnw
in midst ourpronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
וְ/יֹשִׁעֵ֖/נוּwəyōšiʿēnw
so it may deliver usconjH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
מִ/כַּ֥ףmikap
from the hand ofpronH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
אֹיְבֵֽי/נוּʾōyəbēynw
enemies ourverbH341
foe
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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