And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whatמָהisthe guilt offeringהָאָשָׁםthatאֲשֶׁרwe shall restoreנָשִׁיבto him?”לוֹAnd they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“By the numberמִסְפַּרof the lordsסַרְנֵיof the Philistines,פְלִשְׁתִּיםfiveחֲמִשָּׁהgoldזָהָבtumorsטְחֹרֵיand fiveוַחֲמִשָּׁהgoldזָהָבmice,עַכְבְּרֵיforכִּיoneאַחַתplagueמַגֵּפָהwason all of themלְכֻלָּםand on your lords.וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶם
1 Samuel 6:4
Study it in the app“And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we shall restore to him?” And they said, “By the number of the lords of the Philistines, five gold tumors and five gold mice, for one plague was on all of them and on your lords.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:4, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- the guilt offeringאָשָׁםasham
guilt offering
The sacrifice to make amends.
Where else “asham” appears- we shall restoreנָשִׁיבnashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “nashiv” appears- “By the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of the 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- fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- tumorsטְחֹרֵיtechore
tumors
Tumors or painful swellings.
Where else “techore” appears- miceעַכְבְּרֵיachbre
mouse
Mouse.
Where else “achbre” appears- oneאַחַתachat
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “achat” appears- plagueמַגֵּפָהmagefa
plague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appears
The context
3And they said, “If you send away the ark of the Elohim of Israel, do not send it empty, but be sure to restore to him a guilt offering; then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.”
4 · This verse (above)
5So you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that are destroying the land, and give glory to the Elohim of Israel; perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.