Study it in the app“And 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.”
And he struckוַיַּךְamong the menבְּאַנְשֵׁיof Beth-shemesh,בֵית שֶׁמֶשׁbecauseכִּיthey lookedרָאוּinto the arkבַּאֲרוֹןof YHWH;יְהוָהhe struckוַיַּךְamong the peopleבָּעָםseventyשִׁבְעִיםmen,אִישׁfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםthousandאֶלֶףmen.אִישׁAnd the peopleוַ הָעָםmourned,יִּתְאַבְּלוּbecauseכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad struckהִכָּהthe peopleבָּעָםwith a greatגְדוֹלָהblow.מַכָּה
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “yach” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsBeth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “vet” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” 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” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsmourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “yitablu” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearswound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appearsThe Hebrew puts the two numbers one after the other, “seventy men, fifty thousand men,” without explaining how they are related. The Law forbade looking at the holy objects (Numbers 4:20).
18and 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before YHWH, this holy Elohim? And to whom shall he go up from us?”
