1 Samuel 6:16 Go deeper
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And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it , they returned to Ekron the same day. (KJV)
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וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥הva.cha.mi.Shahand five
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 1
סַרְנֵֽי\־sar.nei-[the] rulers of
Lemma: סֶ֫רֶן (se.ren) · Strong's: H5633A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 21 times. Also: Joshua 13:3, Judges 3:3, Judges 16:5, Judges 16:8, Judges 16:18, Judges 16:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5633A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 2
פְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםfe.lish.Tim[the] Philistines
Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) · Strong's: H6430G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Philistine
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 21:32, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6430G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 3
רָא֑וּra.'Uthey saw
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 4
וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they went back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 5
עֶקְר֖וֹןek.RonEkron
Lemma: עֶקְרוֹן (eq.ron) · Strong's: H6138
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Ekron
Used 22 times. Also: Joshua 13:3, Joshua 15:11, Joshua 15:45, Joshua 15:46, Joshua 19:43, Judges 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6138; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 6
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 7
הַהֽוּא\׃\ \סha.Hu'<the> that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT 1 Samuel 6:16 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And when the five | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| rulers | → | סֶ֫רֶן H5633A lord |
| of the Philistines | → | פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430G Philistine |
| saw [this] | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| they returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to Ekron | → | עֶקְרוֹן H6138 Ekron |
| that same | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| day | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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