1 Samuel 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֔וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
וְעֵלִ֖י	ve.'e.Li	and Eli	H5941 →
שֹׁכֵ֣ב	sho.Khev	[was] lying	H7901 →
בִּמְקֹמ֑וֹ	bim.ko.Mo	in place his	H4725 →
וְעֵינָיו֙	ve.'ei.nov	and eyes his	H5869 →
הֵחֵ֣לּוּ	he.Che.lu	they began	H2490 →
כֵה֔וֹת	khe.Hot	dim	H3544 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יוּכַ֖ל	yu.Khal	he was able	H3201 →
לִרְאֽוֹת׃	lir.'ot	to see	H7200 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 90:10
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
leads to
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Psalms 78:39
  He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
- 2 Samuel 19:35
  I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…
- Deuteronomy 34:7
  Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Genesis 47:9
  “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Through
Genesis 48:10
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
leads to
- Genesis 27:1
  When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 27:27
  So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has…
Through
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
leads to
- Genesis 48:10
  Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.Ecclesiastes 12:2before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,Genesis 48:10Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.1 Kings 14:4Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.Genesis 48:19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”Ecclesiastes 12:3on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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