KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Samuel 4:12 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And there ran” | וַיָּ֤רָץ | To run (for whatever reason, especially to rush) | ran |
| “a man” | אִישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | man |
| “of Benjamin” | בִּנְיָמִן֙ | Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Benjamin |
| “out of the army,” | מֵהַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה | An arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array | out army |
| “and came” | וַיָּבֹ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
| “to Shiloh” | שִׁלֹ֖ה | Shiloh, a place in Palestine | Shiloh |
| “the same” | הַה֑וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | same |
| “day” | בַּיּ֣וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “with his clothes” | וּמַדָּ֣יו | Properly, extent, i.e., height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet | clothes |
| “rent,” | קְרֻעִ֔ים | To rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) | rent |
| “and with earth” | וַֽאֲדָמָ֖ה | Soil (from its general redness) | earth |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “his head.” | רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
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10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
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