And the cowsהַפָּרוֹתwent straightוַיִשַּׁרְנָהon the road,בַּדֶּרֶךְonעַלthe roadדֶּרֶךְto Beth-shemesh;בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁalong oneבִּ אַחַתhighwayמְסִלָּהthey went,הָלְכוּgoingהָלֹךְand lowing,וְגָעוֹand they did notוְלֹאturn asideסָרוּto the rightיָמִיןor to the left;וּשְׂמֹאולand the lordsוְסַרְנֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםwere walkingהֹלְכִיםafter themאַחֲרֵיהֶםas far asעַדthe borderגְּבוּלof Beth-shemesh.בֵּית שָׁמֶשׁ
1 Samuel 6:12
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:12, word by word
- And the cowsפָּרוֹתparot
cow
Cow, heifer.
Where else “parot” appears- went straightיִשַּׁרְנָהyisharna
make straight
To keep a true course, or level the way.
Where else “yisharna” appears- on the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to Beth-shemeshבֵּיתbet
Beth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “bet” appears- along oneאַחַתachat
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “achat” appears- highwayמְסִלָּהmesila
highway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appears- they wentהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- and lowingגָעוֹgao
low
To low: the sound cattle make.
Where else “gao” appears- turn asideסָרוּsaru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “saru” appears- to the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- or to the leftשְׂמֹאולsemovl
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semovl” appears- and the lordsסַרְנֵיsarne
lord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “sarne” appears- of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appears- the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears
The context
11And they put the ark of YHWH on the cart, and the chest and the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
12 · This verse (above)
13Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping the harvest of wheat in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark and rejoiced to see it.