And watch:וּרְאִיתֶםifאִםit goes upיַעֲלֶהby the roadדֶּרֶךְto its own territory,גְּבוּלוֹto Beth-shemesh,בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁthen heהוּאhas doneעָשָׂהusלָנוּthisהַזֹּאתgreatהַגְּדוֹלָהharm;אֶת הָרָעָהbut ifוְאִםnot,לֹאthen we will knowוְיָדַעְנוּthatכִּיit was notלֹאhis handיָדוֹthat struckנָגְעָהus;בָּנוּitהוּאwasהָיָהan accidentמִקְרֶהthat happened to us.”לָנוּ
1 Samuel 6:9
Study it in the app“And watch: if it goes up by the road to its own territory, to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great harm; but if not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; it was an accident that happened to us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 6:9, word by word
- And watchרְאִיתֶםreitem
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appears- it goes upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- by the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to its own territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- to Beth-shemeshבֵּיתbet
Beth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “bet” appears- has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- harmרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- then we will knowיָדַעְנוּyadanu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadanu” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- that struckנָגְעָהnaga
strike
To hit, afflict with a plague.
Where else “naga” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- an accidentמִקְרֶהmikre
chance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And the men did so; they took two nursing cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.