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Now Eliוְעֵלִיwas ninetyבֶּן תִּשְׁעִים-eightוּשְׁמֹנֶהyears old,שָׁנָהand his eyesוְעֵינָיוwere fixed,קָמָהand he could notוְלֹא יָכוֹלsee.לִרְאוֹת
1 Samuel 4:15
Study it in the app“Now Eli was ninety -eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he could not see.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 4:15, word by word
- Now Eliעֵלִיeli
Eli
Eli, priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years (1 Samuel 4:18); Samuel grew up with him.
Where else “eli” appears- was ninetyבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- was ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtishim
ninety
Ninety.
Where else “tishim” appears- -eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemone
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appears- years oldשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- and his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- were fixedקָמָהkama
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kama” appears- and he could notיָכוֹלyachol
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachol” appears- seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the man said to Eli, “I am the one who has come from the battle line; I fled from the battle line today.” And he said, “How did the matter go, my son?”