And the menאַנְשֵׁיof Kiriath-jearimקִרְיַת יְעָרִיםcameוַיָּבֹאוּand brought upוַיַּעֲלוּthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof YHWHיְהוָהand broughtוַיָּבִאוּitאֹתוֹtoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof Abinadabאֲבִינָדָבon the hill;בַּגִּבְעָהand they consecratedקִדְּשׁוּEleazarוְאֶת אֶלְעָזָרhis sonבְּנוֹto keepלִשְׁמֹרthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof YHWH.יְהוָה
1 Samuel 7:1
Study it in the app“And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and brought up the ark of YHWH and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill; and they consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 7:1, word by word
- And the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Kiriath-jearimקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and brought upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaalu” appears- the arkאֲרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of Abinadabאֲבִינָדָבavinadav
Abinadab
Abinadab: the name of several people; among them the man of Kiriath-jearim in whose house the ark stayed (1 Samuel 7:1), a brother of David (1 Samuel 16:8) and a son of Saul (1 Samuel 31:2). It means "my father is generous".
Where else “avinadav” appears- on the hillגִּבְעָהgiva
hill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appears- and they consecratedקִדְּשׁוּkidshu
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kidshu” appears- Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar
Eleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shemor” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And it happened, from the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath-jearim, that the days grew many and came to be twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after YHWH.