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And the fiveוַחֲמִשָּׁהlordsסַרְנֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםsaw itרָאוּand returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּto Ekronעֶקְרוֹןthatהַהוּאday.בַּיּוֹם
1 Samuel 6:16
Study it in the app“And the five lords of the Philistines saw it and returned to Ekron that day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:16, word by word
- And the fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- 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- saw itרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- and returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- to Ekronעֶקְרוֹןekron
Ekron
See it on the mapWhere else “ekron” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
Places in this verse
Ekron
Today: Tel Miqne (Ekron) ruins, Israel
A Philistine city on the plain, about 22 miles (35 km) west of Jerusalem.
The ark was taken there and the people were afraid (1 Sam 5:10). King Ahaziah sent to ask its god instead of the God of Israel (2 Kgs 1:2).
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And these are the gold tumors that the Philistines restored as a guilt offering to YHWH: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;