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Look,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare comingבָּאִיםwhen I will cut offוְגָדַעְתִּיyour armאֶת זְרֹעֲךָand the armוְאֶת זְרֹעַof the houseבֵּיתof your father,אָבִיךָso that there will be noמִהְיוֹתold manזָקֵןin your house.בְּבֵיתֶךָ
1 Samuel 2:31
Study it in the app“Look, days are coming when I will cut off your arm and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will be no old man in your house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:31, word by word
- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are comingבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- when I will cut offגָדַעְתִּיgadati
cut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “gadati” appears- your armזְרֹעֲzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- so that there will be noהְיוֹתheot
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heot” appears- old manזָקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears
Translation note
To “cut off the arm” is to take away strength.
The context
30Therefore declares YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before me forever; but now declares YHWH: Far be it from me! For those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be lightly esteemed.
31 · This verse (above)
32And you will look on the distress of the dwelling place in all the good that he does to Israel; and there will not be an old man in your house all the days.