Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 4:2 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּֽעַרְכ֨וּH6186put themselves in arrayto set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
2פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430And the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
3לִקְרַ֣אתH7125againstan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
4יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
5וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙H5203and when they joinedproperly, to pound, i.e., smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusive
6הַמִּלְחָמָ֔הH4421battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
7וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףH5062was smittento push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
8יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
9לִפְנֵ֣יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430And the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
11וַיַּכּ֤וּH5221and they slewto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
12בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה֙H4634of the armyan arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
13בַּשָּׂדֶ֔הH7704in the fielda field (as flat)
14כְּאַרְבַּ֥עַתH702about fourfour
15אֲלָפִ֖יםH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
16אִֽישׁ׃H376mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Verse Context

1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel Now Israel went out...
1 Samuel 4:2 (current)put themselves in array And the Philistines against Israel and when they joined battle was smitten Israel before And the Philistines and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men
1 Samuel 4:3unto us that when it cometh And when the people into the camp said the elders...

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