1 Samuel

1 Samuel 5:6

⁶Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.^b

Footnotes

b 5:6 Hebrew; LXX and Vulgate include And rats appeared in their land, and death and destruction were throughout the city.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now the hand	יַד־	yaḏ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
was heavy	וַתִּכְבַּ֧ד	wat·tiḵ·baḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
on	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the people of Ashdod	הָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֖ים	hā·’aš·dō·w·ḏîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H796 Ashdodite
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
its vicinity	גְּבוּלֶֽיהָ׃	gə·ḇū·le·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1366 border, boundary, territory
ravaging them	וַיְשִׁמֵּ֑ם	way·šim·mêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H8074 be desoleted, appalled
and afflicting	וַיַּ֤ךְ	way·yaḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
them	אֹתָם֙	’ō·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
with tumors	בָּעֳפָלִים	bå̄·ʿo·p̄å̄·līm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6076 mound, hill

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.