Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 5:4 Interlinear

And when they arose early morning on the morrow behold Dagon was fallen before to the ground before the ark of the LORD and the head behold Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold behold Dagon was left

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּH7925And when they arose earlyliterally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning
2בַבֹּקֶר֮H1242morningproperly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
3מִֽמָּחֳרָת֒H4283on the morrowthe morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow
4וְהִנֵּ֣הH2009lo!
5דָּג֖וֹןH1712behold Dagondagon, a philistine deity
6נֹפֵ֤לH5307was fallento fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
7לִפְנֵ֖יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
8אַ֔רְצָהH776to the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
9לִפְנֵ֖יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10אֲר֣וֹןH727the arka box
11יְהוָ֑הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
12וְרֹ֨אשׁH7218and the headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
13דָּג֖וֹןH1712behold Dagondagon, a philistine deity
14וּשְׁתֵּ֣י׀H8147and bothtwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
15כַּפּ֣וֹתH3709the palmsthe hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
16יָדָ֗יוH3027of his handsa 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
17כְּרֻתוֹת֙H3772were cut offto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
18אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
19הַמִּפְתָּ֔ןH4670upon the thresholda stretcher, i.e., a sill
20רַ֥קH7535properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
21דָּג֖וֹןH1712behold Dagondagon, a philistine deity
22נִשְׁאַ֥רH7604was leftproperly, to swell up, i.e., be (causatively, make) redundant
23עָלָֽיו׃H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Verse Context

1 Samuel 5:3arose early And when they of Ashdod on the morrow Dagon was fallen...
1 Samuel 5:4 (current)And when they arose early morning on the morrow behold Dagon was fallen before to the ground before the ark of the LORD and the head behold Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold behold Dagon was left
1 Samuel 5:5 tread Therefore neither the priests into Dagon's...

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