Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself">3513 [e] וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד wat-tiḵ-baḏ And became fierce Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs 4421 [e] הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ ham-mil-ḥā-māh the battle Art | N-fs 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)">413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- against Prep 1) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel 2) an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah 3) a son of Simeon 4) a Levite, son of Uzziah">7586 [e] שָׁא֔וּל šā-’ūl, Saul N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)">4672 [e] וַיִּמְצָאֻ֥הוּ way-yim-ṣā-’u-hū and hit him Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw, cast 1a2) to cast, lay, set 1a3) to shoot arrows 1a4) to throw water, rain 1b) (Niphal) to be shot 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to throw, cast 1c2) to shoot 1c3) to point out, show 1c4) to direct, teach, instruct 1c5) to throw water, rain">3384 [e] הַמּוֹרִ֖ים ham-mō-w-rîm the Art | V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind">582 [e] אֲנָשִׁ֣ים ’ă-nā-šîm a man N-mp 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow">7198 [e] בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת baq-qā-šeṯ; archers Prep-b, Art | N-fs 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dance 1a2) to twist, writhe 1a3) to whirl, whirl about 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to dance 1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth 1b3) to wait anxiously 1c) (Pulal) 1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear 1c2) to be brought forth 1d) (Hophal) to be born 1e) (Hithpolel) 1e1) whirling (participle) 1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle) 1e3) to wait longingly 1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed">2342 [e] וַיָּ֥חֶל way-yā-ḥel and he was wounded Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1) exceedingly, much subst 2) might, force, abundance n m 3) muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly 3a) force, might 3b) exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree) 3b1) exceedingly 3b2) up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly 3b3) with muchness, muchness">3966 [e] מְאֹ֖ד mə-’ōḏ severely Adv 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw, cast 1a2) to cast, lay, set 1a3) to shoot arrows 1a4) to throw water, rain 1b) (Niphal) to be shot 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to throw, cast 1c2) to shoot 1c3) to point out, show 1c4) to direct, teach, instruct 1c5) to throw water, rain">3384 [e] מֵהַמּוֹרִֽים׃ mê-ham-mō-w-rîm. by the archers Prep-m, Art | N-mp

New American Standard Bible
The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.

King James Bible
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him.

went sore

2 Samuel 1:4 And David said to him, How went the matter? I pray you, tell me. …

Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong …

archers hit him [heb] shooters, men with bows, found him

Genesis 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

1 Kings 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of …

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