So you shall makeוַעֲשִׂיתֶםimagesצַלְמֵיof your tumorsטְחֹרֵיכֶםand imagesוְצַלְמֵיof your miceעַכְבְּרֵיכֶםthat are destroyingהַמַּשְׁחִיתִםthe land,אֶת הָאָרֶץand giveוּנְתַתֶּםgloryכָּבוֹדto the Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלperhapsאוּלַיhe will lightenיָקֵלhis handאֶת יָדוֹfrom upon youמֵעֲלֵיכֶםand from uponוּמֵעַלyour godsאֱלֹהֵיכֶםand from uponוּמֵעַלyour land.אַרְצְכֶם
1 Samuel 6:5
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:5, word by word
- So you shall makeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appears- imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme
image
What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.
Where else “tsalme” appears- of your tumorsטְחֹרֵיtechore
tumors
Tumors or painful swellings.
Where else “techore” appears- of your miceעַכְבְּרֵיachbre
mouse
Mouse.
Where else “achbre” appears- that are destroyingמַּשְׁחִיתִםmashchitim
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchitim” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and giveנְתַתֶּםnetatem
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netatem” appears- gloryכָּבוֹדkavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kavod” appears- to the Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- he will lightenיָקֵלyakel
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “yakel” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And why should you make your heart insensitive as Egypt and Pharaoh made their heart insensitive? Was it not when he had dealt harshly with them that they let them go, and they went?