1 Samuel 2:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֶה־לְּךָ֣ הָא֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙ אֶל־שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֔יךָ אֶל־חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד יָמ֥וּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-this-to-you the-ʾôt which bôʾ to-two bēn-your, to-Ḥopnî and-Pînḥās: in-yôm one mût two-of-them.

Grammar Details

*wə-zeh*: conjunction + demonstrative pronoun - and this
*lekā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/for you
*hā-ʾôt*: definite article + feminine singular - the sign
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*yābōʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will come
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*šənê*: dual construct - two of
*bānêkā*: masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sons
*Ḥopnî*: proper noun - Hophni
*û-Pînḥās*: conjunction + proper noun - and Phinehas
*bə-yôm*: preposition + masculine singular - in day
*ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
*yāmûtû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will die
*šənêhem*: dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - two of them

Word Meanings

*ʾôt*: sign/mark/token/omen
*bôʾ*: come/arrive/happen
*bēn*: son/male child
*yôm*: day/time/period
*mût*: die/perish

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 4:11 : 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Kgs 13:3 : 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
1 Sam 4:17 : 17 And he that brought the tidings 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.
1 Kgs 14:12 : 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thy house: [and] when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
1 Sam 3:12 : 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.

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