Study it in the app“and the gold mice, by the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, from fortified city to unwalled village, and as far as the great Abel on which they set down the ark of YHWH; it is there to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.”
and the goldהַזָּהָבmice,וְעַכְבְּרֵיby the numberמִסְפַּרof allכָּלthe citiesעָרֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםbelonging to the fiveלַחֲמֵשֶׁתlords,הַסְּרָנִיםfrom fortifiedמִבְצָרcityמֵעִירtoוְעַדunwalledהַפְּרָזִיvillage,כֹּפֶרand as far asוְעַדthe greatהַגְּדוֹלָהAbelאָבֵלon whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָthey set downהִנִּיחוּthe arkאֵת אֲרוֹןof YHWH;יְהוָהit is theretoעַדthisהַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםin the fieldבִּשְׂדֵהof Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַof Beth-shemesh.בֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appearsmouse
Mouse.
Where else “achbre” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsPhilistines
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” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appearslord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “seranim” appearsfortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsar” appearsunwalled, rural
Of the countryside; with "cities," those that have no wall.
Where else “perazi” appearsvillage
A small countryside settlement, without walls.
Where else “kofer” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsAbel
Abel: a place name meaning "meadow"; it is part of several names (Abel-meholah, Abel-keramim). In 1 Samuel 6:18 the Hebrew text uses it for the great stone of Beth-shemesh.
Where else “avel” appearsput
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “hinichu” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsYHWH
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” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appearsJoshua
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).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsBeth-shemite
Of Beth-shemesh: an inhabitant of that town of Judah, on the border with the Philistines.
Where else “bet” appearsThe Hebrew text says here “the great Abel”; from verses 14 and 15 it can be understood to be the great stone (in Hebrew “eben,” which is written almost the same).
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;
18 · This verse (above)
19And he struck among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of YHWH; he struck among the people seventy men, fifty thousand men. And the people mourned, because YHWH had struck the people with a great blow.
