And the manוְאִישׁof yoursלְךָwhom I do notלֹאcut offאַכְרִיתfromמֵעִםmy altarמִזְבְּחִיwill be thereto consumeלְכַלּוֹתyour eyesאֶת עֵינֶיךָand to grieveוְלַאֲדִיבyour soul;אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָand allוְכָלthe increaseמַרְבִּיתof your houseבֵּיתְךָwill dieיָמוּתוּas men.אֲנָשִׁים
1 Samuel 2:33
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:33, word by word
- And the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- cut offאַכְרִיתachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “achrit” appears- my altarמִזְבְּחִmizbchi
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchi” appears- to consumeכַלּוֹתchalot
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “chalot” appears- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- and to grieveאֲדִיבadiv
grieve
Make languish with grief. It appears only in 1 Samuel 2:33.
Where else “adiv” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears- the increaseמַרְבִּיתmarbit
interest
What is added: the gain a loan yields, interest.
Where else “marbit” appears- of your houseבֵּיתְbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- will dieיָמוּתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears
Translation note
“Will die as men”: in adulthood, without reaching old age (verse 31).
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34And this will be the sign for you, what will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day both of them will die.