So now,וְעַתָּהtakeקְחוּand makeוַעֲשׂוּoneאֶחָתnewחֲדָשָׁהcartעֲגָלָהand twoוּשְׁתֵּיnursingעָלוֹתcowsפָרוֹתon whichאֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶםnoלֹאyokeעֹלhas comeעָלָהand hitchוַאֲסַרְתֶּםthe cowsאֶת הַפָּרוֹתto the cart,בָּעֲגָלָהand takeוַהֲשֵׁיבֹתֶםtheir calvesבְּנֵיהֶםback homeהַבָּיְתָהfrom behind them.מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם
1 Samuel 6:7
Study it in the app“So now, take and make one new cart and two nursing cows on which no yoke has come and hitch the cows to the cart, and take their calves back home from behind them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:7, word by word
- takeקְחוּkechu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appears- and makeעֲשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- newחֲדָשָׁהchadasha
new
New.
Where else “chadasha” appears- cartעֲגָלָהagala
cart, wagon
Cart, wagon drawn by oxen.
Where else “agala” appears- and twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- nursingעָלוֹתalot
nursing
Nursing: said of females suckling their young.
Where else “alot” appears- cowsפָרוֹתfarot
cow
Cow, heifer.
Where else “farot” appears- yokeעֹלol
yoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appears- has comeעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- and hitchאֲסַרְתֶּםasartem
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “asartem” appears- and takeהֲשֵׁיבֹתֶםhashevotem
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashevotem” appears- their calvesבְּנֵיbene
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “bene” appears- back homeבָּיְתָbayta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayta” appears
The context
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?
7 · This verse (above)
8And take the ark of YHWH and put it on the cart, and the objects of gold that you are restoring to him as a guilt offering you shall put in the chest at its side; and send it off, and let it go.