1 Samuel 4:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
הָיָה
was it
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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בֵּן
O son/ my
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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נוּס
I have fled
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נוּס
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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עֵלִי
Eli
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עֵלִי
Eli, an Israelite highpriest
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