Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen he mentionedכְּהַזְכִּירוֹthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםthat he fellוַיִּפֹּלfrom offמֵעַלthe seatהַכִּסֵּאbackwardאֲחֹרַנִּיתby the sideבְּעַד יַדof the gate,הַשַּׁעַרand his neckמַפְרַקְתּוֹwas brokenוַתִּשָּׁבֵרand he died,וַיָּמֹתforכִּיthe manהָאִישׁwas oldזָקֵןand heavy.וְכָבֵדHeוְהוּאhad judgedשָׁפַטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears.שָׁנָה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsmention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “hazkir” 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” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appearsseat
An ordinary seat where someone sits, not a king's.
Where else “kise” appearsbackward
Backward, behind.
Where else “achoranit” appearsbeside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsneck
Neck: the back of the neck, where the bones join.
Where else “mafrakt” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “tishaver” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsgrow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appearsheavy
That weighs much and is hard to carry.
Where else “chaved” appearsgovern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shafat” 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” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears17And 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.”
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19Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And she heard the news that the ark of Elohim had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, and she crouched down and gave birth, for her pains came over her.
