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And the menאַנְשֵׁיof Beth-shemeshבֵית שֶׁמֶשׁsaid,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whoמִיis ableיוּכַלto standלַעֲמֹדbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהthisהַזֶּהholyהַקָּדוֹשׁElohim?הָאֱלֹהִיםAnd toוְאֶלwhomמִיshall he go upיַעֲלֶהfrom us?”מֵעָלֵינוּ
1 Samuel 6:20
Study it in the app“And 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?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:20, word by word
- And the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Beth-shemeshבֵיתvet
Beth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “vet” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- is ableיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- to standעֲמֹדamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amod” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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.
Where else “yehva” appears- holyקָּדוֹשׁkadosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kadosh” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- shall he go upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of YHWH; come down and bring it up to you.”