1 Samuel 6:14

“And the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. And there was a great stone. And they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows as a burnt offering to YHWH.”

1 Samuel 6:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 6:14, word by word

And the cartעֲגָלָהagala

cart, wagon

Cart, wagon drawn by oxen.

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cameבָּאָהbaa

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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the fieldשְׂדֵהsede

farmland

Land that is farmed.

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of Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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of Beth-shemeshבֵּיתbet

Beth-shemite

Of Beth-shemesh: an inhabitant of that town of Judah, on the border with the Philistines.

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and stoppedתַּעֲמֹדtaamod

stop

To halt, cease doing something.

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a greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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stoneאֶבֶןeven

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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And they splitיְבַקְּעוּyevaku

split

To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.

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the woodעֲצֵיatse

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

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and offered upהֶעֱלוּheelu

offer up

To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".

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the cowsפָּרוֹתparot

cow

Cow, heifer.

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as a burnt offeringעֹלָהola

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

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to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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.

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The context

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.

14 · This verse (above)

15And the Levites brought down the ark of YHWH and the chest that was with it, in which were the objects of gold, and put them on the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered up burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to YHWH.

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