Study it in the app“And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “Why has YHWH struck us down today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of YHWH, so that it may come among us and save us from the hand of our enemies.””
And the peopleהָעָםcameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהand the eldersוַ זִקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“Whyלָמָּהhas YHWHיְהוָהstruck us downנְגָפָנוּtodayהַיּוֹםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe Philistines?פְלִשְׁתִּיםLet us takeנִקְחָהto ourselvesאֵלֵינוּfrom Shilohמִשִּׁלֹהthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof the covenantבְּרִיתof YHWH,יְהוָהso that it may comeוְיָבֹאamong usבְקִרְבֵּנוּand save usוְיֹשִׁעֵנוּfrom the handמִכַּףof our enemies.”אֹיְבֵינוּ
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsstrike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “negafa” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” 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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “nikcha” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshie” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kaf” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearsShiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
2And the Philistines drew up their lines to meet Israel, and the war spread out, and Israel was struck down before the Philistines, who struck in the battle line in the field about four thousand men.
3 · This verse (above)
4So the people sent to Shiloh, and they carried from there the ark of the covenant of YHWH Tsevaot, who sits on the cherubim; and there were the two sons of Eli with the ark of the covenant of Elohim, Hophni and Phinehas.
