1 Samuel

1 Samuel 5:10

¹⁰So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So they sent	וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֛וּ	way·šal·lə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7971 send
the ark	אֲר֥וֹן	’ă·rō·wn	Noun - common singular construct	H727 chest, ark
of God	הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
to Ekron	עֶקְר֑וֹן	‘eq·rō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6138 Ekrôn
but as it	אֲר֤וֹן	’ă·rō·wn	Noun - common singular construct	H727 chest, ark
arrived	כְּב֨וֹא	kə·ḇō·w	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the Ekronites	הָֽעֶקְרֹנִ֜ים	hā·‘eq·rō·nîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6139 Ekronite
cried out	וַיִּזְעֲק֨וּ	way·yiz·‘ă·qū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2199 cry, cry out, call
They have brought	הֵסַ֤בּוּ	hê·sab·bū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
us	אֵלַי֙	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
the ark	אֲרוֹן֙	’ă·rō·wn	Noun - common singular construct	H727 chest, ark
of the God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
in order to kill us	לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נִי	la·hă·mî·ṯê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H4191 die
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
our people	עַמִּֽי׃	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.