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And they putוַיָּשִׂמוּthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof YHWHיְהוָהonאֶלthe cart,הָעֲגָלָהand the chestוְאֵת הָאַרְגַּזand the miceוְאֵת עַכְבְּרֵיof goldהַזָּהָבand the imagesוְאֵת צַלְמֵיof their tumors.טְחֹרֵיהֶם
1 Samuel 6:11
Study it in the app“And they put the ark of YHWH on the cart, and the chest and the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:11, word by word
- And they putיָּשִׂמוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- the arkאֲרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- the cartעֲגָלָהagala
cart, wagon
Cart, wagon drawn by oxen.
Where else “agala” appears- and the chestאַרְגַּזargaz
chest, box
Chest, box, hung at the side of a cart. The word appears only in 1 Samuel 6.
Where else “argaz” appears- and the miceעַכְבְּרֵיachbre
mouse
Mouse.
Where else “achbre” appears- of goldזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and the imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme
image
What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.
Where else “tsalme” appears- of their tumorsטְחֹרֵיtechore
tumors
Tumors or painful swellings.
Where else “techore” appears
The context
10And the men did so; they took two nursing cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
11 · This verse (above)
12And the cows went straight on the road, on the road to Beth-shemesh; along one highway they went, going and lowing, and they did not turn aside to the right or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines were walking after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.