Study it in the app“And it happened, after they had moved it, that the hand of YHWH was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, from the small to the great, and tumors broke out on them.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיafterאַחֲרֵיthey had movedהֵסַבּוּit,אֹתוֹthat the handוַ יַדof YHWHיְהוָהwasתְּהִיagainst the cityבָּעִירwitha veryמְאֹדgreatגְּדוֹלָהconfusion;מְהוּמָהand he struckוַיַּךְthe menאֶת אַנְשֵׁיof the city,הָעִירfrom the smallמִקָּטֹןtoוְעַדthe great,גָּדוֹלand tumors broke outוַיִּשָּׂתְרוּ טְחֹרִיםon them.לָהֶם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “hesabu” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsconfusion, panic
Confusion: disorder and panic that make an army flee.
Where else “mehuma” appearspunish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “yach” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appearsbreak out
Break out on the skin (a swelling or eruption). It appears only in 1 Samuel 5:9.
Where else “yisatru” appearstumors
Tumors or painful swellings.
Where else “techorim” appears8So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Elohim of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark of the Elohim of Israel be moved around to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the Elohim of Israel.
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10So they sent the ark of Elohim to Ekron. And it happened, as the ark of Elohim came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have moved the ark of the Elohim of Israel around to me to put me to death and my people!”
