Study it in the app“And the one who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and also there has been a great slaughter among the people, and also your two sons are dead, Hophni and Phinehas, and the ark of Elohim has been taken.””
And the one who brought the newsהַמְבַשֵּׂרansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhas fledנָסbeforeלִפְנֵיthe Philistines,פְלִשְׁתִּיםand alsoוְגַםthere has beenהָיְתָהa greatגְדוֹלָהslaughterמַגֵּפָהamong the people,בָעָםand alsoוְגַםyour twoשְׁנֵיsonsבָנֶיךָare dead,מֵתוּHophniחָפְנִיand Phinehas,וּפִינְחָסand the arkוַאֲרוֹןof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas been taken.”נִלְקָחָה
bring news
To go and tell what happened, usually something good.
Where else “mevaser” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsslaughter
A defeat in battle.
Where else “magefa” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metu” appearsHophni
Hophni, one of the two sons of the priest Eli; he died together with his brother Phinehas (1 Samuel 4:11).
Where else “chafni” appearsPhinehas
Phinehas, the name of two priests: the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Numbers 25:7) and one of the two sons of Eli (1 Samuel 1:3); also the father of a priest after the exile (Ezra 8:33).
Where else “finchas” 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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “nilkacha” appears16And 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?”
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18And it happened, when he mentioned the ark of Elohim, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
