1 SAMUEL 4:19

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“And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.”

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1 Samuel 4:19 Translation & Meaning

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And his daughter in law, וְכַלָּת֣וֹ A bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife daughter law
Phinehas' פִּֽינְחָס֮ Pinechas, the name of three Israelites Phinehas
wife, אֵשֶׁת A woman wife
was with child, הָרָ֣ה Pregnant child
near (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
to be delivered: לָלַת֒ To bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage delivered
and when she heard וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) heard
the tidings הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה Something heard, i.e., an announcement tidings
that אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to that
the ark אֲר֣וֹן A box ark
of God הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
was taken, הִלָּקַח֙ To take (in the widest variety of applications) taken
and that her father in law חָמִ֖יהָ A father-in-law (as in affinity) father law
and her husband וְאִישָׁ֑הּ 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) husband
were dead, וּמֵ֥ת To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill dead
she bowed herself וַתִּכְרַ֣ע To bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate bowed herself
and travailed; וַתֵּ֔לֶד To bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage travailed
for כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
her pains צִרֶֽיהָ׃ A herald or errand-doer (as constrained by the principal) pains
came נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ To turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert came
upon עָלֶ֖יהָ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
her. עָלֶ֖יהָ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications her

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  • 17  And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

  • 18  And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  • 19  And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

  • 20  And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

  • 21  And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.




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