Study it in the app“Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they were lying with the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.”
Eli rebukes his sons, but they do not listen to his voiceParents and Children
Now Eliוְעֵלִיwas veryמְאֹדold,זָקֵןand he heardוְשָׁמַעallאֵת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhis sonsבָּנָיוwere doingיַעֲשׂוּןto allלְכָלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand thatוְאֵת אֲשֶׁרthey were lyingיִשְׁכְּבוּןwithאֶתthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםwho servedהַצֹּבְאוֹתat the entranceפֶּתַחof the tentאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsgrow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearslie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “yishkvu” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsserve
To work at the tent of meeting.
Where else “tsovot” appearsentrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appearstabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appearsmeeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears21Indeed, YHWH attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up with YHWH.
22 · This verse (above)
23And he said to them, “Why do you do things like these? For I hear of your evil deeds from all these people.
