1 Samuel 6:10

“And the men did so; they took two nursing cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.”

1 Samuel 6:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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And the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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they tookיִּקְחוּyikchu

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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twoשְׁתֵּיshete

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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nursingעָלוֹתalot

nursing

Nursing: said of females suckling their young.

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cowsפָרוֹתfarot

cow

Cow, heifer.

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and hitched themיַּאַסְרוּyaasru

bind

To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.

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to the cartעֲגָלָהagala

cart, wagon

Cart, wagon drawn by oxen.

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and shut upכָּלוּkalu

hold back, restrain

Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.

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their calvesבְּנֵיbene

young

An animal's offspring, its little one.

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at homeבָּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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The context

9And watch: if it goes up by the road to its own territory, to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great harm; but if not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; it was an accident that happened to us.”

10 · This verse (above)

11And they put the ark of YHWH on the cart, and the chest and the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.

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