Study it in the app“So 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.””
So they sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלthe inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיof Kiriath-jearim,קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“The Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםhave returnedהֵשִׁבוּthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof YHWH;יְהוָהcome downרְדוּand bring it upהַעֲלוּ אֹתוֹto you.”אֲלֵיכֶם
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsKiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshivu” 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” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redu” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haalu” appears20And 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?”
21 · This verse (above)
