Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיfrom the dayמִיּוֹםthat the arkהָאָרוֹןstayedשֶׁבֶתin Kiriath-jearim,בְּקִרְיַת יְעָרִיםthat the daysוַ הַיָּמִיםgrew manyיִּרְבּוּand came to beוַיִּהְיוּtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםyears;שָׁנָהand allוַ כָּלthe houseבֵּיתof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלlamentedיִּנָּהוּafterאַחֲרֵיYHWH.יְהוָה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “shevet” appearsKiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appearsmultiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbu” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
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.
Where else “yisrael” appearslament
Lament, wail with grief.
Where else “yinahu” appearsYHWH
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” appears1And 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If with all your heart you are returning to YHWH, put away the foreign gods from among you, and the Astartes, and prepare your heart for YHWH and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
