1 Samuel

1 Samuel 4:3

³When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go^a with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”

Footnotes

a 4:3 Or He may go

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the troops	הָעָם֮	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
returned	וַיָּבֹ֣א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֒	ham·ma·ḥă·neh	Article; Noun - common singular	H4264 encampment, camp
the elders	זִקְנֵ֣י	ziq·nê	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H2205 old
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
asked	וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Why	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
brought defeat on us	נְגָפָ֧נוּ	nə·ḡā·p̄ā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H5062 strike, smite
before	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
today	הַיּ֖וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
Let us bring	נִקְחָ֧ה	niq·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H3947 take
the ark	אֲרוֹן֙	’ă·rō·wn	Noun - common singular construct	H727 chest, ark
of the covenant	בְּרִ֣ית	bə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1285 covenant
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
from Shiloh	מִשִּׁלֹ֗ה	miš·ši·lōh	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7887 Shiloh
so that it may go	וְיָבֹ֣א	wə·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
with us	בְקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ	ḇə·qir·bê·nū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H7130 inward part, midst
to save us	וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּ	wə·yō·ši·‘ê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H3467 deliver
from the hand	מִכַּ֥ף	mik·kap̄	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
of our enemies	אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃	’ō·yə·ḇê·nū	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H341 be hostile to

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