Study it in the app“He 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.”
He came,וַיָּבוֹאand there wasוְהִנֵּהEliעֵלִיsittingיֹשֵׁבonעַלthe seatהַכִּסֵּאbesideיַדthe road,דֶּרֶךְwatching,מְצַפֶּהforכִּיhis heartלִבּוֹwasהָיָהtremblingחָרֵדforעַלthe arkאֲרוֹןof Elohim.הָאֱלֹהִיםAnd the manוְהָאִישׁcameבָּאto tellלְהַגִּידin the city,בָּעִירand allוַ כָּלthe cityהָעִירcried out.תִּזְעַק
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsEli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsseat
An ordinary seat where someone sits, not a king's.
Where else “kise” appearsbeside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearswatch
To watch closely what is coming or what is happening.
Where else “metsape” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearstrembling, afraid
Trembling with fear, afraid. Elsewhere, one who trembles with reverence at the word of God (Isaiah 66:2).
Where else “chared” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagid” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearscry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “tizak” appears12And a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that day, with his clothes torn and earth on his head.
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14And Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, “What is the sound of this tumult?” And the man hurried and came and told Eli.
