KJV: And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
YLT: And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith, 'Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter hath been among the people, and also thy two sons have died -- Hophni and Phinehas -- and the ark of God hath been captured.'
Darby: And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
ASV: And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
| וַיַּ֨עַן | so answered |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout. |
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| הַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜ר | the messenger |
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Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: בָּשַׂר Sense: to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth. |
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| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | and said |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| נָ֤ס | has fled |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: נוּס Sense: to flee, escape. |
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| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | Israel |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel. |
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| לִפְנֵ֣י | before |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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| פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | the Philistines |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan. |
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| מַגֵּפָ֥ה | a slaughter |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: מַגֵּפָה Sense: blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, strike, smite. |
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| גְדוֹלָ֖ה | great |
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Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: גָּבֹול Sense: great. |
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| הָיְתָ֣ה | there has been |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| בָעָ֑ם | among the people |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people. |
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| שְׁנֵ֨י | two |
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Parse: Number, mdc Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two. |
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| בָנֶ֜יךָ | your sons |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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| מֵ֗תוּ | are dead |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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| חָפְנִי֙ | Hophni |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: חָפְנִי Sense: one of the two sons of Eli who were priests at Shiloh and were noted for their brutality and lust; their sinfulness provoked a curse against their father’s house and were judged by the Lord when they took the ark into battle; the ark was lost and both brothers were killed and Eli died when he heard the news. |
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| וּפִ֣ינְחָ֔ס | and Phinehas |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פִּינְחָס Sense: son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron; his zealousness for the Lord averted a plague on Israel and gained him the promise of the Lord of an everlasting priesthood in his family. |
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| וַאֲר֥וֹן | and the ark |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct Root: אֲרֹון Sense: chest, ark. |
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| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | of God |
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Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural). |
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| נִלְקָֽחָה | has been captured |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away. |
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| פ | - |
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Parse: Punctuation |
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