1 Samuel 5:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The men who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־מֵ֔תוּ הֻכּ֖וּ *בעפלים **בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים וַתַּ֛עַל שַֽׁוְעַ֥ת הָעִ֖יר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-the-hāʾănāšîm who not-mētû hukkû with-bāʿŏpālîm *baṭṭəḥōrîm and-wattaʿal šawʿat the-hāʿîr the-haššāmāyim

Grammar Details

• *hāʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the men
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
• *mētû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they died
• *hukkû*: verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they were struck
• *bāʿŏpālîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - with tumors/hemorrhoids [Kethib]
• *baṭṭəḥōrîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with definite article - with the tumors/hemorrhoids [Qere]
• *wattaʿal*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and it went up
• *šawʿat*: noun, feminine singular construct - cry of
• *hāʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *haššāmāyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the heavens

Word Meanings

• *ʾănāšîm ʾăšer lōʾ-mētû*: men who did not die
• *hukkû bāʿŏpālîm/baṭṭəḥōrîm*: were struck with tumors/hemorrhoids
• *wattaʿal šawʿat hāʿîr haššāmāyim*: and the cry of the city went up to heaven

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the men{H582} that died{H4191} not were smitten{H5221} with the tumors;{H2914} and the cry{H7775} of the city{H5892} went up{H5927} to heaven.{H8064}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the men{H582} that died{H4191}{(H8804)} not were smitten{H5221}{(H8717)} with the emerods{H2914}{(H8675)}{H6076}: and the cry{H7775} of the city{H5892} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} to heaven{H8064}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the people that dyed not, were smytten in secrete places, so that the noyse of the cite wete vp vnto heauen.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the citie went vp to heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerodes: And the crye of the citie went vp to heauen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The people who did not die were struck with sores; the city’s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:30 : 30 Pharaoh got up during the night, along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was no house without someone dead.
• 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 "About this time tomorrow, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. You shall anoint him as ruler over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people and their cry has reached me."
• 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 Anyone who escapes the sword of Hazael will be put to death by Jehu, and anyone who escapes the sword of Jehu will be put to death by Elisha.
• Isa 15:3-5 : 3 In its streets, they wear sackcloth. On its rooftops and public squares, everyone wails, falling down in tears. 4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore, the armed men of Moab cry out, and their souls are filled with dread. 5 My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction.
• Jer 14:2 : 2 Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up.
• Jer 25:34 : 34 Weep and wail, you shepherds, cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock, for your time to be slaughtered has come. You will fall like a precious vessel.
• Jer 48:3 : 3 A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!
• Amos 5:19 : 19 It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.