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Chapter 4
The Philistines Capture the Ark
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Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at vvv Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤁𐤍 𐤄𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤅𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤀𐤐𐤒
דְבַר־ שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל וַיְהִ֥י לְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ וַיֵּצֵ֣א לִקְרַ֨את פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים לַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ עַל־ הָאֶ֣בֶן הָעֵ֔זֶר וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים חָנ֥וּ בַאֲפֵֽק׃ ḏə·ḇar- šə·mū·’êl way·hî lə·ḵāl yiś·rā·’êl yiś·rā·’êl way·yê·ṣê liq·raṯ pə·liš·tîm lam·mil·ḥā·māh way·ya·ḥă·nū ‘al- hā·’e·ḇen hā·‘ê·zer ū·p̄ə·liš·tîm ḥā·nū ḇa·’ă·p̄êq — WLC · 1
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The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield…
𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤅 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤈𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤂𐤐 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤅 𐤊𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤁𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤃𐤄
פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ לִקְרַ֣את יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף לִפְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּכּ֤וּ כְּאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִֽישׁ׃ בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה p̄ə·liš·tîm way·ya·‘ar·ḵū liq·raṯ yiś·rā·’êl ham·mil·ḥā·māh wat·tiṭ·ṭōš yiś·rā·’êl way·yin·nā·ḡep̄ lip̄·nê p̄ə·liš·tîm way·yak·kū kə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ ’ă·lā·p̄îm ’îš ḇam·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh baś·śā·ḏeh — WLC · 2
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When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring… the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤂𐤐𐤍𐤅 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤍𐤒𐤇𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤌𐤔𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤏𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤅
הָעָם֮ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֒ זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ לָ֣מָּה יְהוָ֛ה נְגָפָ֧נוּ לִפְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים הַיּ֖וֹם נִקְחָ֧ה אֵלֵ֣ינוּ אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה מִשִּׁלֹ֗ה אֶת־ וְיָבֹ֣א בְקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּ מִכַּ֥ף אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ hā·‘ām way·yā·ḇō ’el- ham·ma·ḥă·neh ziq·nê yiś·rā·’êl way·yō·mə·rū lām·māh Yah·weh nə·ḡā·p̄ā·nū lip̄·nê p̄ə·liš·tîm hay·yō·wm niq·ḥāh ’ê·lê·nū ’ă·rō·wn bə·rîṯ Yah·weh miš·ši·lōh ’eṯ- wə·yā·ḇō ḇə·qir·bê·nū wə·yō·ši·‘ê·nū mik·kap̄ ’ō·yə·ḇê·nū — WLC · 3
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So the people sent [men] to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤔𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤅 𐤌𐤔𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤄𐤊𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤇𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤐𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤎 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌
הָעָם֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח שִׁלֹ֔ה וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית־ יְהוָ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת יֹשֵׁ֣ב הַכְּרֻבִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־ עֵלִ֗י חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ וְשָׁ֞ם עִם־ אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים hā·‘ām way·yiš·laḥ ši·lōh way·yiś·’ū miš·šām ’êṯ ’ă·rō·wn bə·rîṯ- Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ yō·šêḇ hak·kə·ru·ḇîm šə·nê ḇə·nê- ‘ê·lî ḥā·p̄ə·nî ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās wə·šām ‘im- ’ă·rō·wn bə·rîṯ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm — WLC · 4
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When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered… the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤏𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤌
וַיְהִ֗י אֲר֤וֹן בְּרִית־ יְהוָה֙ כְּב֨וֹא אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל גְדוֹלָ֑ה תְּרוּעָ֣ה וַיָּרִ֥עוּ הָאָֽרֶץ׃ וַתֵּהֹ֖ם way·hî ’ă·rō·wn bə·rîṯ- Yah·weh kə·ḇō·w ’el- ham·ma·ḥă·neh ḵāl yiś·rā·’êl ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh tə·rū·‘āh way·yā·ri·‘ū hā·’ā·reṣ wat·tê·hōm — WLC · 5
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On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is… this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered… the camp,
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤄𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤄 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤌𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤄𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤄 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄
וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ ק֣וֹל הַתְּרוּעָ֔ה פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ אֶת־ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֶ֠ה ק֣וֹל הַזֹּ֖את הַגְּדוֹלָ֛ה הַתְּרוּעָ֧ה בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה הָעִבְרִ֑ים וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֚י אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה בָּ֖א אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ way·yiš·mə·‘ū qō·wl hat·tə·rū·‘āh p̄ə·liš·tîm ’eṯ- way·yō·mə·rū meh qō·wl haz·zōṯ hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh hat·tə·rū·‘āh bə·ma·ḥă·nêh hā·‘iḇ·rîm way·yê·ḏə·‘ū kî ’ă·rō·wn Yah·weh bā ’el- ham·ma·ḥă·neh — WLC · 6
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the Philistines were afraid -. “The gods have entered… their camp!”… they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before…
𐤄𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤅𐤉 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤊𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤌
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיִּֽרְאוּ֙ כִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּ֥א אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ אָמְר֔וּ א֣וֹי לָ֔נוּ כִּ֣י לֹ֥א כָּזֹ֖את הָיְתָ֛ה אֶתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֹֽׁם׃ hap·pə·liš·tîm way·yir·’ū kî ’ĕ·lō·hîm bā ’el- ham·ma·ḥă·neh way·yō·mə·rū ’ā·mə·rū ’ō·w lā·nū kî lō kā·zōṯ hā·yə·ṯāh ’eṯ·mō·wl šil·šōm — WLC · 7
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Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These… are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
𐤀𐤅𐤉 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤑𐤉𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤊𐤄 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓
א֣וֹי לָ֔נוּ מִ֣י יַצִּילֵ֔נוּ מִיַּ֛ד הָאֵ֑לֶּה הָאַדִּירִ֖ים הָאֱלֹהִ֥ים אֵ֧לֶּה הֵ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים הַמַּכִּ֧ים אֶת־ מִצְרַ֛יִם בְּכָל־ מַכָּ֖ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ ’ō·w lā·nū mî yaṣ·ṣî·lê·nū mî·yaḏ hā·’êl·leh hā·’ad·dî·rîm hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ’êl·leh hêm hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ham·mak·kîm ’eṯ- miṣ·ra·yim bə·ḵāl mak·kāh bam·miḏ·bār — WLC · 8
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Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
𐤄𐤕𐤇𐤆𐤒𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤐𐤍 𐤕𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤌
הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ וִֽהְי֤וּ לַֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן תַּעַבְד֣וּ לָעִבְרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבְד֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃ hiṯ·ḥaz·zə·qū wih·yū la·’ă·nā·šîm pə·liš·tîm pen ta·‘aḇ·ḏū lā·‘iḇ·rîm ka·’ă·šer ‘ā·ḇə·ḏū lā·ḵem wih·yî·ṯem la·’ă·nā·šîm wə·nil·ḥam·tem — WLC · 9
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So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great— thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤂𐤐 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤎𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤋
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף אִ֣ישׁ וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ לְאֹהָלָ֔יו הַמַּכָּ֖ה וַתְּהִ֥י מְאֹ֑ד גְּדוֹלָ֣ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף רַגְלִֽי׃ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּפֹּל֙ p̄ə·liš·tîm way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū yiś·rā·’êl way·yin·nā·ḡep̄ ’îš way·yā·nu·sū lə·’ō·hā·lāw ham·mak·kāh wat·tə·hî mə·’ōḏ gə·ḏō·w·lāh šə·lō·šîm ’e·lep̄ raḡ·lî mî·yiś·rā·’êl way·yip·pōl — WLC · 10
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The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤐𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤎 𐤌𐤕𐤅
וַאֲר֥וֹן אֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָ֑ח עֵלִי֙ וּשְׁנֵ֤י בְנֵֽי־ חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ מֵ֔תוּ wa·’ă·rō·wn ’ĕ·lō·hîm nil·qāḥ ‘ê·lî ū·šə·nê ḇə·nê- ḥā·p̄ə·nî ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās mê·ṯū — WLC · 11
The Death of Eli
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That same day a Benjamite… ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤍 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤔𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤒𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤌𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅
הַה֑וּא בַּיּ֣וֹם בִּנְיָמִן֙ אִישׁ־ וַיָּ֤רָץ מֵהַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֥א שִׁלֹ֖ה וּמַדָּ֣יו קְרֻעִ֔ים וַאֲדָמָ֖ה עַל־ רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ ha·hū bay·yō·wm bin·yā·min ’îš- way·yā·rāṣ mê·ham·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh way·yā·ḇō ši·lōh ū·mad·dāw qə·ru·‘îm wa·’ă·ḏā·māh ‘al- rō·šōw — WLC · 12
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When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road [and] watching, because his heart vvv trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤎𐤀 𐤉𐤊 𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤁𐤅 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤇𐤓𐤃 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤁𐤀 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤋𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤕𐤆𐤏𐤒
וַיָּב֗וֹא וְהִנֵּ֣ה עֵ֠לִי יֹשֵׁ֨ב עַֽל־ הַכִּסֵּ֜א יַךְ דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ מְצַפֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־ לִבּוֹ֙ הָיָ֤ה חָרֵ֔ד עַ֖ל אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְהָאִ֗ישׁ בָּ֚א בָּעִ֔יר לְהַגִּ֣יד כָּל־ הָעִֽיר׃ וַתִּזְעַ֖ק way·yā·ḇō·w wə·hin·nêh ‘ê·lî yō·šêḇ ‘al- hak·kis·sê yaḵ de·reḵ mə·ṣap·peh kî- lib·bōw hā·yāh ḥā·rêḏ ‘al ’ă·rō·wn hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm wə·hā·’îš bā bā·‘îr lə·hag·gîḏ kāl- hā·‘îr wat·tiz·‘aq — WLC · 13
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Eli heard the outcry… and asked, “Why… this commotion?” So the man hurried over… and reported to Eli.
𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤄𐤑𐤏𐤒𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤃 𐤋𐤏𐤋𐤉
עֵלִי֙ אֶת־ וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע ק֣וֹל הַצְּעָקָ֔ה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֶ֛ה ק֥וֹל הַזֶּ֑ה הֶהָמ֖וֹן וְהָאִ֣ישׁ מִהַ֔ר וַיָּבֹ֖א וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לְעֵלִֽי׃ ‘ê·lî ’eṯ- way·yiš·ma‘ qō·wl haṣ·ṣə·‘ā·qāh way·yō·mer meh qō·wl haz·zeh he·hā·mō·wn wə·hā·’îš mi·har way·yā·ḇō way·yag·gêḏ lə·‘ê·lî — WLC · 14
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Now Eli was ninety-eight… years old…, and his gaze was fixed because he could not… see.
𐤅𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤒𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤊𐤅𐤋 𐤋𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕
וְעֵלִ֕י תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה בֶּן־ שָׁנָ֑ה וְעֵינָ֣יו קָ֔מָה וְלֹ֥א יָכ֖וֹל לִרְאֽוֹת׃ wə·‘ê·lî tiš·‘îm ū·šə·mō·neh ben- šā·nāh wə·‘ê·nāw qā·māh wə·lō yā·ḵō·wl lir·’ō·wṯ — WLC · 15
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“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today…” “What happened…, my son?” Eli asked.
𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤁𐤀 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤍𐤎𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓
אָֽנֹכִי֙ הַבָּ֣א מִן־ הַמַּעֲרָכָ֔ה הָאִ֜ישׁ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ עֵלִ֗י וַאֲנִ֕י נַ֣סְתִּי מִן־ הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה הַיּ֑וֹם מֶֽה־ הָיָ֥ה הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּנִֽי׃ וַיֹּ֛אמֶר ’ā·nō·ḵî hab·bā min- ham·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh hā·’îš way·yō·mer ’el- ‘ê·lî wa·’ă·nî nas·tî min- ham·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh hay·yō·wm meh- hā·yāh had·dā·ḇār bə·nî way·yō·mer — WLC · 16
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The messenger… answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people… Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
𐤄𐤌𐤁𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤎 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤂𐤐𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤇𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤐𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤎 𐤌𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤄𐤐
הַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜ר וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וַיַּ֨עַן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נָ֤ס לִפְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְגַ֛ם הָיְתָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה מַגֵּפָ֥ה בָעָ֑ם וְגַם־ שְׁנֵ֨י בָנֶ֜יךָ חָפְנִי֙ וּפִ֣ינְחָ֔ס מֵ֗תוּ וַאֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָֽחָה׃פ ham·ḇaś·śêr way·yō·mer way·ya·‘an yiś·rā·’êl nās lip̄·nê p̄ə·liš·tîm wə·ḡam hā·yə·ṯāh ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh mag·gê·p̄āh ḇā·‘ām wə·ḡam- šə·nê ḇā·ne·ḵā ḥā·p̄ə·nî ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās mê·ṯū wa·’ă·rō·wn hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm nil·qā·ḥāh — WLC · 17
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As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward… from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And [Eli] had judged Israel forty years.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤄𐤆𐤊𐤉𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤋 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤎𐤀 𐤉𐤃 𐤄𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤆𐤒𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤃 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤁𐤓 𐤌𐤐𐤓𐤒𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤄
וַיְהִ֞י אֶת־ אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים כְּהַזְכִּיר֣וֹ׀ וַיִּפֹּ֣ל אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית בְּעַ֣ד׀ מֵֽעַל־ הַ֠כִּסֵּא יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֗עַר כִּֽי־ הָאִ֖ישׁ זָקֵ֥ן וְכָבֵ֑ד וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֤ר מַפְרַקְתּוֹ֙ וַיָּמֹ֔ת וְה֛וּא שָׁפַ֥ט אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ way·hî ’eṯ- ’ă·rō·wn hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm kə·haz·kî·rōw way·yip·pōl ’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ bə·‘aḏ mê·‘al- hak·kis·sê yaḏ haš·ša·‘ar kî- hā·’îš zā·qên wə·ḵā·ḇêḏ wat·tiš·šā·ḇêr map̄·raq·tōw way·yā·mōṯ wə·hū šā·p̄aṭ ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl ’ar·bā·‘îm šā·nāh — WLC · 18
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Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤕 𐤐𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤎 𐤄𐤓𐤄 𐤋𐤋𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤌𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤊𐤓𐤏 𐤅𐤕𐤋𐤃 𐤊𐤉 𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤍𐤄𐤐𐤊𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄
וְכַלָּת֣וֹ אֵֽשֶׁת־ פִּינְחָס֮ הָרָ֣ה לָלַת֒ וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־ הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔ה אֶל־ הִלָּקַח֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲר֣וֹן וּמֵ֥ת חָמִ֖יהָ וְאִישָׁ֑הּ וַתִּכְרַ֣ע וַתֵּ֔לֶד כִּֽי־ צִרֶֽיהָ׃ נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ wə·ḵal·lā·ṯōw ’ê·šeṯ- pî·nə·ḥās hā·rāh lā·laṯ wat·tiš·ma‘ ’eṯ- haš·šə·mu·‘āh ’el- hil·lā·qaḥ hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ’ă·rō·wn ū·mêṯ ḥā·mî·hā wə·’î·šāh wat·tiḵ·ra‘ wat·tê·leḏ kî- ṣi·re·hā ne·hep̄·ḵū ‘ā·le·hā — WLC · 19
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As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond… or pay any heed…
𐤅𐤊𐤏𐤕 𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤄 𐤄𐤍𐤑𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕 𐤁𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤍𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤕𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤄
וּכְעֵ֣ת מוּתָ֗הּ הַנִּצָּב֣וֹת עָלֶ֔יהָ וַתְּדַבֵּ֙רְנָה֙ אַל־ תִּֽירְאִ֖י כִּ֣י יָלָ֑דְתְּ בֵ֣ן וְלֹ֥א עָנְתָ֖ה וְלֹא־ שָׁ֥תָה לִבָּֽהּ׃ ū·ḵə·‘êṯ mū·ṯāh han·niṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wṯ ‘ā·le·hā wat·tə·ḏab·bê·rə·nāh ’al- tî·rə·’î kî yā·lā·ḏət ḇên wə·lō ‘ā·nə·ṯāh wə·lō- šā·ṯāh lib·bāh — WLC · 20
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And she named the boy vvv Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured [and] her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
𐤅𐤕𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤋𐤍𐤏𐤓 𐤀𐤉 𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 𐤂𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄
וַתִּקְרָ֣א לַנַּ֗עַר אִֽי־ כָבוֹד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כָב֖וֹד גָּלָ֥ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֶל־ אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים הִלָּקַח֙ וְאֶל־ חָמִ֖יהָ וְאִישָֽׁהּ׃ wat·tiq·rā lan·na·‘ar ’î- ḵā·ḇō·wḏ lê·mōr ḵā·ḇō·wḏ gā·lāh mî·yiś·rā·’êl ’el- ’ă·rō·wn hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm hil·lā·qaḥ wə·’el- ḥā·mî·hā wə·’î·šāh — WLC · 21
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“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 𐤂𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤐 𐤍𐤋𐤒𐤇
כָב֖וֹד גָּלָ֥ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַתֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֥י אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃פ נִלְקַ֖ח ḵā·ḇō·wḏ gā·lāh mî·yiś·rā·’êl wat·tō·mer kî ’ă·rō·wn hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm nil·qaḥ — WLC · 22