Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” Young's Literal Translation And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith, ‘Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter hath been among the people, and also thy two sons have died—Hophni and Phinehas—and the ark of God hath been captured.’ King James Bible And the messenger 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. Hebrew The messengerהַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜ר (ham·ḇaś·śêr) Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1319: To be fresh, full, cheerful), to announce answered, וַיַּ֨עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond “Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has fled נָ֤ס (nās) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the Philistines, פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia and וְגַ֛ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and there has been הָיְתָ֣ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a great גְדוֹלָ֖ה (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent slaughter מַגֵּפָ֥ה (mag·gê·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4046: A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence among the people. בָעָ֑ם (ḇā·‘ām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Your two שְׁנֵ֨י (šə·nê) Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) sons, בָנֶ֜יךָ (ḇā·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son Hophni חָפְנִי֙ (ḥā·p̄ə·nî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2652: Hophni -- a son of Eli and Phinehas, וּפִ֣ינְחָ֔ס (ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6372: Phinehas -- three Israelites are both dead, מֵ֗תוּ (mê·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill and the ark וַאֲר֥וֹן (wa·’ă·rō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 727: A chest, ark of God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has been captured.” נִלְקָֽחָה׃ (nil·qā·ḥāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3947: To take |