1 Samuel 6:5

“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.”

1 Samuel 6:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 6:5, word by word

So you shall makeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

make

To build or create something.

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imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme

image

What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.

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of your tumorsטְחֹרֵיtechore

tumors

Tumors or painful swellings.

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of your miceעַכְבְּרֵיachbre

mouse

Mouse.

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that are destroyingמַּשְׁחִיתִםmashchitim

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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and giveנְתַתֶּםnetatem

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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gloryכָּבוֹדkavod

glory

God's majesty and presence.

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to the Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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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.

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perhapsאוּלַיulay

perhaps

Perhaps, maybe.

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he will lightenיָקֵלyakel

be light

To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.

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his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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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?

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