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בַאֲפֵֽק׃at Aphek .ḇa·’ă·p̄êq
1 Samuel 4:2פְלִשְׁתִּ֜יםThe Philistinesp̄ə·liš·tîm
וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּarrayed themselvesway·ya·‘ar·ḵū
לִקְרַ֣אתagainstliq·raṯ
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Israel , yiś·rā·’êl
הַמִּלְחָמָ֔הand as the battleham·mil·ḥā·māh
וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙ spread , wat·tiṭ·ṭōš
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsraelyiś·rā·’êl
וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףwas defeatedway·yin·nā·ḡep̄
לִפְנֵ֣יbylip̄·nê
פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים the Philistines , p̄ə·liš·tîm
וַיַּכּ֤וּwho struck downway·yak·kū
כְּאַרְבַּ֥עַתabout fourkə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ
אֲלָפִ֖יםthousand’ă·lā·p̄îm
אִֽישׁ׃men’îš
בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה֙on the battlefieldḇam·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה. . . .baś·śā·ḏeh
1 Samuel 4:3הָעָם֮When the troopshā·‘ām
וַיָּבֹ֣אreturnedway·yā·ḇō
אֶל־to’el-
הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֒ the camp , ham·ma·ḥă·neh
זִקְנֵ֣יthe eldersziq·nê
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לof Israelyiś·rā·’êl
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ asked , way·yō·mə·rū
לָ֣מָּה“ Whylām·māh
יְהוָ֛הhas YHWHYah·weh
נְגָפָ֧נוּbrought defeat on usnə·ḡā·p̄ā·nū
לִפְנֵ֣יbeforelip̄·nê
פְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםthe Philistinesp̄ə·liš·tîm
הַיּ֖וֹםtoday ?hay·yō·wm
נִקְחָ֧הLet us bringniq·ḥāh
אֵלֵ֣ינוּ. . .’ê·lê·nū
אֲרוֹן֙the ark’ă·rō·wn
בְּרִ֣יתof the covenantbə·rîṯ
יְהוָ֔הof YHWHYah·weh
מִשִּׁלֹ֗ה from Shiloh , miš·ši·lōh
אֶת־-’eṯ-
וְיָבֹ֣אso that it may gowə·yā·ḇō
בְקִרְבֵּ֔נוּwith usḇə·qir·bê·nū
וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּto save uswə·yō·ši·‘ê·nū
מִכַּ֥ףfrom the handmik·kap̄
אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃of our enemies .”’ō·yə·ḇê·nū
1 Samuel 4:4הָעָם֙So the peoplehā·‘ām
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חsentway·yiš·laḥ
שִׁלֹ֔ה [men] to Shiloh , ši·lōh
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּand they broughtway·yiś·’ū
מִשָּׁ֗םbackmiš·šām
אֵ֣ת-’êṯ
אֲר֧וֹןthe ark’ă·rō·wn
בְּרִית־of the covenantbə·rîṯ-
יְהוָ֛הof YHWHYah·weh
צְבָא֖וֹת of Hosts , ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ
יֹשֵׁ֣בwho sits enthronedyō·šêḇ
הַכְּרֻבִ֑יםbetween the cherubim .hak·kə·ru·ḇîm
שְׁנֵ֣יAnd the twošə·nê
בְנֵֽי־sonsḇə·nê-
עֵלִ֗י of Eli , ‘ê·lî
חָפְנִ֖יHophniḥā·p̄ə·nî
וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ and Phinehas , ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās
וְשָׁ֞םwere therewə·šām
עִם־with‘im-
אֲרוֹן֙the ark’ă·rō·wn
בְּרִ֣יתof the covenantbə·rîṯ
הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםof God .hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
1 Samuel 4:5וַיְהִ֗יWhenway·hî
אֲר֤וֹןthe ark’ă·rō·wn
בְּרִית־of the covenantbə·rîṯ-
יְהוָה֙of YHWHYah·weh
כְּב֨וֹאenteredkə·ḇō·w
אֶל־. . .’el-
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה the camp , ham·ma·ḥă·neh
כָל־allḵāl
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לthe Israelitesyiś·rā·’êl
גְדוֹלָ֑הraisedḡə·ḏō·w·lāh
תְּרוּעָ֣הsuch a greattə·rū·‘āh
וַיָּרִ֥עוּshoutway·yā·ri·‘ū
וַתֵּהֹ֖םthat it shookwat·tê·hōm
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the ground .hā·’ā·reṣ
1 Samuel 4:6וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּOn hearingway·yiš·mə·‘ū
ק֣וֹלthe noiseqō·wl
הַתְּרוּעָ֔ה of the shout , hat·tə·rū·‘āh
פְלִשְׁתִּים֙the Philistinesp̄ə·liš·tîm
אֶת־-’eṯ-
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ asked , way·yō·mə·rū
מֶ֠ה“ What ismeh