Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 4:8 Interlinear

Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand Gods of these mighty Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1א֣וֹיH188Woelamentation; also interjectionally oh!
2לָ֔נוּH0
3מִ֣יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
4יַצִּילֵ֔נוּH5337unto us! who shall deliverto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
5מִיַּ֛דH3027us out of the handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
6הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430Godsgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
7הָֽאַדִּירִ֖יםH117of these mightywide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
8הָאֵ֑לֶּהH428these or those
9אֵ֧לֶּהH428these or those
10הֵ֣םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
11הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430Godsgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
12הַמַּכִּ֧יםH5221that smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
13אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14מִצְרַ֛יִםH4714the Egyptiansmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
15בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16מַכָּ֖הH4347with all the plaguesa blow (in 2 chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
17בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃H4057in the wildernessa pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert

Verse Context

1 Samuel 4:7were afraid And the Philistines And they said is come God...
1 Samuel 4:8 (current)Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand Gods of these mighty Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness
1 Samuel 4:9Be strong and quit O ye Philistines as they have been...

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