Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhen the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically. Young's Literal Translation And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him—men with bow—and he is pained greatly 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. Hebrew When the battleהַמִּלְחָמָה֙ (ham·mil·ḥā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war intensified וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד (wat·tiḵ·baḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Saul, שָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites the archers הַמּוֹרִ֖ים (ham·mō·w·rîm) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach overtook him וַיִּמְצָאֻ֥הוּ (way·yim·ṣā·’u·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present and wounded him וַיָּ֥חֶל (way·yā·ḥel) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert critically. מְאֹ֖ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily |