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And you will look onוְהִבַּטְתָּthe distressצַרof the dwelling placeמָעוֹןin allבְּכֹלthe good that he doesאֲשֶׁר יֵיטִיבto Israel;אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלand there will notוְלֹאbeיִהְיֶהan old manזָקֵןin your houseבְּבֵיתְךָallכָּלthe days.הַיָּמִים
1 Samuel 2:32
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:32, word by word
- And you will look onהִבַּטְתָּhibatta
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “hibatta” appears- the distressצַרtsar
distress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appears- of the dwelling placeמָעוֹןmaon
dwelling, lair
Dwelling: the place where someone lives; often the heavens or the sanctuary where God dwells; also the lair of jackals.
Where else “maon” appears- the good that he doesיֵיטִיבyetiv
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yetiv” appears- to Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- an old manזָקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- in your houseבֵיתְvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
Translation note
The beginning of the verse is difficult in Hebrew.
The context
31Look, 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.
32 · This verse (above)
33And the man of yours whom I do not cut off from my altar will be there to consume your eyes and to grieve your soul; and all the increase of your house will die as men.