Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 4:1 Interlinear

And the word of Samuel Now Israel went out Now Israel against and the Philistines to battle and pitched beside Ebenezer and the Philistines and pitched in Aphek

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֥יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2דְבַרH1697And the worda word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
3שְׁמוּאֵ֖לH8050of Samuelshemuel, the name of three israelites
4לְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5יִשְׂרָאֵל֩H3478Now Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
6וַיֵּצֵ֣אH3318went outto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
7יִשְׂרָאֵל֩H3478Now Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
8לִקְרַ֨אתH7125againstan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
9וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430and the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
10לַמִּלְחָמָ֗הH4421to battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
11חָנ֥וּH2583and pitchedproperly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
12עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
13הָאֶ֣בֶןH0
14הָעֵ֔זֶרH72beside Ebenezereben-ha-ezer, a place in palestine
15וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430and the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
16חָנ֥וּH2583and pitchedproperly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
17בַֽאֲפֵֽק׃H663in Aphekaphek (or aphik), the name of three places in palestine

Verse Context

1 Samuel 4:1 (current) And the word of Samuel Now Israel went out Now Israel against and the Philistines to battle and pitched beside Ebenezer and the Philistines and pitched in Aphek
1 Samuel 4:2put themselves in array And the Philistines against Israel and when they joined battle...

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