H0853–אֵת–et

You shall see the affliction of [supplied: my] habitation, in all the wealth which [supplied: God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

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The man of yours, [supplied: whom] I shall not cut off from my altar, [supplied: shall be] to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.

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The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

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Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.

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In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

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For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.

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Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. He said, Here am I.

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Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said, It is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good.

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When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

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So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Hosts, who sits [supplied: above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come into the camp.

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Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

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When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

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It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [supplied: Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.

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

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The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֹת֖וֹ (אֹת֖) 'o.T “<obj.>”אֹת֖וֹ (אֹת֖) 'o.T “<obj.>”

When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders of it.

אֹתָם֙ (אֹתָ) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. They carried the ark of the God of Israel [supplied: there].

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It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

אֹת֗וֹ (אֹת֗) 'o.T “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

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They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֹתִ֖י (אֹתִ֖) 'o.T “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֹתוֹ֙ (אֹת) 'o.T “<obj.>”