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And a manאִישׁof Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןranוַיָּרָץfrom the battle lineמֵהַמַּעֲרָכָהand cameוַיָּבֹאto Shilohשִׁלֹהthatהַהוּאday,בַּיּוֹםwith his clothesוּמַדָּיוtornקְרֻעִיםand earthוַאֲדָמָהonעַלhis head.רֹאשׁוֹ
1 Samuel 4:12
Study it in the app“And a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that day, with his clothes torn and earth on his head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 4:12, word by word
- And a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- ranיָּרָץyarats
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appears- from the battle lineמַּעֲרָכָהmaaracha
battle line
An army drawn up in battle order, ready to fight.
Where else “maaracha” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Shilohשִׁלֹהshilo
Shiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- with his clothesמַדָּיmaday
garment
Clothing one wears, or rugs to sit on.
Where else “maday” appears- tornקְרֻעִיםkeruim
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “keruim” appears- and earthאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears
Places in this verse
Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
The context
11And the ark of Elohim was taken, and the two sons of Eli died, Hophni and Phinehas.
12 · This verse (above)
13He came, and there was Eli sitting on the seat beside the road, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of Elohim. And the man came to tell in the city, and all the city cried out.