1 Samuel 2:4
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Berean Study Bible

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

Young's Literal Translation

Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.

King James Bible

The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Hebrew
The bows
קֶ֥שֶׁת (qe·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

of the warriors
גִּבֹּרִ֖ים (gib·bō·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

are broken,
חַתִּ֑ים (ḥat·tîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2844: Crushed, afraid, terror

but the feeble
וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים (wə·niḵ·šā·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

are equipped
אָ֥זְרוּ (’ā·zə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 247: To gird, encompass, equip

with strength.
חָֽיִל׃ (ḥā·yil)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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