And it came to pass at that time
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
when Eli
`Eliy (ay-lee')
lofty; Eli, an Israelite high-priest -- Eli.
was laid down
shakab (shaw-kab')
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
in his place
maqowm (maw-kome')
a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
and his eyes
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
began
chalal (khaw-lal')
to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
to wax dim
keheh (kay-heh')
feeble, obscure -- somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking.
that he could
yakol (yaw-kole')
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
not see
ra'ah (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
