1 Samuel 6:9

“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.””

1 Samuel 6:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

9

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.

Read all of 1 Samuel 6

How to use it