1 Samuel 2:4 Go deeper

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (KJV)

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קֶ֥שֶׁתKe.shet[the] bow of

Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: bow

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:4 word 1

גִּבֹּרִ֖יםgi.bo.Rimwarriors

Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: mighty man

Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:4 word 2

חַתִּ֑יםcha.Tim[are] shattered

Lemma: חַת (chat) · Strong's: H2844B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: shattered

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 46:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2844B; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:4 word 3

וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖יםve.nikh.sha.Limand [those who] stumble

Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)

Meaning: to stumble

Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10, Job 4:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:4 word 4

אָ֥זְרוּ'A.ze.ruthey gird on

Lemma: אָזַר (a.zar) · Strong's: H0247

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to gird

Used 16 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:40, 2 Kings 1:8, Job 30:18, Job 38:3, Job 40:7, Psalms 18:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0247; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:4 word 5

חָֽיִל\׃Cha.yilstrength

Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: strength

Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 47:6, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 24:18, Deuteronomy 3:18, Joshua 1:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2428G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The bows	→	קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow
of the mighty	→	גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man
are broken	→	חַת H2844B shattered
but the feeble	→	כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble
are equipped	→	אָזַר H0247 to gird
with strength	→	חַ֫יִל H2428G strength

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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