Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 7:2 Interlinear

And it came to pass while abode the ark in Kirjathjearim was long And it came to pass while for it was twenty years lamented and all the house of Israel after the LORD

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֗יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2הַיָּמִ֔יםH3117And it came to pass whilea day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
3שֶׁ֤בֶתH3427abodeproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
4הָֽאָרוֹן֙H727the arka box
5בְּקִרְיַ֣תH0
6יְעָרִ֔יםH7157in Kirjathjearimkirjath-jearim or kirjath-arim, a place in palestine
7וַיִּרְבּוּ֙H7235was longto increase (in whatever respect)
8הַיָּמִ֔יםH3117And it came to pass whilea day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
9וַיִּֽהְי֖וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10עֶשְׂרִ֣יםH6242for it was twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
11שָׁנָ֑הH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
12וַיִּנָּה֛וּH5091lamentedto groan, i.e., bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)
13כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14בֵּ֥יתH1004and all the housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
15יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
16אַֽחֲרֵ֥יH310afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
17יְהוָֽה׃H3068the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Verse Context

1 Samuel 7:1and brought of Kirjathjearim and fetched up ...
1 Samuel 7:2 (current) And it came to pass while abode the ark in Kirjathjearim was long And it came to pass while for it was twenty years lamented and all the house of Israel after the LORD
1 Samuel 7:3saying And Samuel unto all the house of Israel...

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