Study it in the app“Now 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.”
Now his daughter-in-law,וְכַלָּתוֹthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Phinehas,פִּינְחָסwas pregnant,הָרָהabout to give birth.לָלַתAnd she heardוַתִּשְׁמַעthe newsאֶת הַשְּׁמֻעָהthatאֶלthe arkאֲרוֹןof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad been takenהִלָּקַחand that her father-in-lawוּ חָמִיהָand her husbandוְאִישָׁהּwere dead,מֵתand she crouched downוַתִּכְרַעand gave birth,וַתֵּלֶדforכִּיher painsצִרֶיהָcame overנֶהֶפְכוּher.עָלֶיהָ
daughter-in-law
The son's wife.
Where else “chalat” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” 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 “pinchas” appearspregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “hara” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “lat” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishma” appearsreport, news
Report, news: what one hears said.
Where else “shemua” 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 “hilakach” appearsfather-in-law
Father-in-law: the husband's father.
Where else “chami” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearscrouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “tichra” appearspang
Sharp agony, like labor.
Where else “tsire” appearschange
To change something into something else.
Where else “nehefchu” appears18And 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20And about the time of her death the women standing by her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer or set her heart to it.
