King James Version

1 Samuel 5:1

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙ufelishtimand Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיconjunction, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.לָֽקְח֔וּlaqechvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “take”, a completed actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֲר֣וֹןaronchestאָרוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “chest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH727a boxark, chest, coffin.הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםhaelohimthe Godאֱלֹהִיםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the God”, the ordinary formH430gods 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 superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.וַיְבִאֻ֛הוּvayviuhvand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מֵאֶ֥בֶןmeevenfrom Ebenezerאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶרconjunction, noun, proper name — “from Ebenezer”H72Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in PalestineEbenezer.הָעֵ֖זֶרhaezerEbenezerאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶרnoun, proper name — “Ebenezer”H72Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in PalestineEbenezer.אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָהashdodahAhdodאַשְׁדּוֹדnoun, proper name, directional ending — “Ahdod”H795Ashdod, a place in PalestineAhdod.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,

World English Bible

Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

Darby Translation

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

Douay-Rheims

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ἔλαβον τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτὴν ἐξ Ἀβενεζὲρ εἰς Ἄζωτον.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Analytics Cookies