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And it happened,וַיְהִיasכְּthe arkאֲרוֹןof the covenantבְּרִיתof YHWHיְהוָהcameבוֹאintoאֶלthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהthat allוַ כָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלshoutedיָּרִעוּa greatגְדוֹלָהshout,תְּרוּעָהand the earthוַ הָאָרֶץwas in an uproar.תֵּהֹם
1 Samuel 4:5
Study it in the app“And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of YHWH came into the camp, that all Israel shouted a great shout, and the earth was in an uproar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 4:5, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the arkאֲרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- cameבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- shoutedיָּרִעוּyariu
shout, sound an alarm
Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.
Where else “yariu” appears- a greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- shoutתְּרוּעָהterua
acclamation
A glad outcry, or a festive trumpet blast.
Where else “terua” appears- and the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- was in an uproarתֵּהֹםtehom
be in uproar
Be filled with commotion and noise: a city or a camp.
Where else “tehom” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the Philistines heard the sound of the shout and said, “What is the sound of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” And they learned that the ark of YHWH had come into the camp.