1 Samuel 4:2
and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreadeth itself, and Israel is smitten before the Philistines, and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַעֲרָכָהmaʻărâkâhan arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
- נָטַשׁnâṭashproperly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to
- נָגַףnâgaphto push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
- עָרַךְʻârakto set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
- קִרְאָהqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
- פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
- אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻfour
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâha battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lam 3:40, Psa 79:7–8, Jos 7:12, 1Sa 17:8, 1Sa 17:21, Psa 44:9–10, Jos 7:5–8, Psa 106:40–41