1 Samuel

1 Samuel 4:10–12

¹⁰So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great — thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. ¹¹The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

¹²That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

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1 Samuel 4:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
fought	וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ	way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3898 fight, do battle
and Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
was defeated	וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף	way·yin·nā·ḡep̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5062 strike, smite
and each man	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
fled	וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙	way·yā·nu·sū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5127 flee, escape
to his tent	לְאֹהָלָ֔יו	lə·’ō·hā·lāw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H168 tent
The slaughter	הַמַּכָּ֖ה	ham·mak·kāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4347 blow, wound, slaughter
was	וַתְּהִ֥י	wat·tə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
very	מְאֹ֑ד	mə·’ōḏ	Adverb	H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly
great	גְּדוֹלָ֣ה	gə·ḏō·w·lāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H1419 great
thirty	שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
thousand	אֶ֖לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
foot soldiers	רַגְלִֽי׃	raḡ·lî	Adjective - masculine singular	H7273 on foot
of Israel	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	mî·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
fell	וַיִּפֹּל֙	way·yip·pōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie

1 Samuel 4:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The ark	וַאֲר֥וֹן	wa·’ă·rō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct	H727 chest, ark
of God	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
was captured	נִלְקָ֑ח	nil·qāḥ	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
and Eli’s	עֵלִי֙	‘ê·lî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5941 Eli
two	וּשְׁנֵ֤י	ū·šə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
sons	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
Hophni	חָפְנִ֖י	ḥā·p̄ə·nî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2652 Chophni
and Phinehas	וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃	ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6372 Pinechas
died	מֵ֔תוּ	mê·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4191 die

1 Samuel 4:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
That same	הַה֑וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
a Benjamite	בִּנְיָמִן֙	bin·yā·min	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1144 Binjamin
ran	וַיָּ֤רָץ	way·yā·rāṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7323 run
from the battle line	מֵהַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה	mê·ham·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh	Preposition-m, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4634 row, rank, battle-line
all the way	וַיָּבֹ֥א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to Shiloh	שִׁלֹ֖ה	ši·lōh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7887 Shiloh
with his clothes	וּמַדָּ֣יו	ū·mad·dāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4055 measure
torn	קְרֻעִ֔ים	qə·ru·‘îm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H7167 tear
and dirt	וַאֲדָמָ֖ה	wa·’ă·ḏā·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his head	רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃	rō·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7218 head

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Samuel 4:10 1 Samuel 4:2 · Leviticus 26:17 · Deuteronomy 28:25 · 2 Kings 14:12 · 2 Samuel 18:17 · Psalm 78:60–64

1 Samuel 4:11 1 Samuel 2:34 · Psalm 78:64 · Isaiah 3:11 · 1 Samuel 2:32

1 Samuel 4:12 Joshua 7:6 · 2 Samuel 15:32 · Job 2:12 · 2 Samuel 1:2 · Nehemiah 9:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.