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And Eliעֵלִיheardוַיִּשְׁמַעthe soundאֶת קוֹלof the outcryהַצְּעָקָהand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמֶהisthe soundקוֹלof thisהַזֶּהtumult?”הֶהָמוֹןAnd the manוְהָאִישׁhurriedמִהַרand cameוַיָּבֹאand toldוַיַּגֵּדEli.לְעֵלִי
1 Samuel 4:14
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 4:14, word by word
- And Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishma” appears- the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the outcryצְּעָקָהtseaka
outcry
Outcry, cry of distress.
Where else “tseaka” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- tumultהָמוֹןhamon
tumult
A loud sound of many people or much water.
Where else “hamon” appears- And the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- hurriedמִהַרmihar
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “mihar” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15Now Eli was ninety -eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he could not see.