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וַיְהִ֧י אֲרוֹן־יְהוָ֛ה בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים שִׁבְעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ 2 וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים לַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַאֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֑ה הוֹדִעֻ֕נוּ בַּמֶּ֖ה נְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ 3 וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אִֽם־מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים אֶת־אֲר֨וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אַל־תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ רֵיקָ֔ם כִּֽי־הָשֵׁ֥ב תָּשִׁ֛יבוּ ל֖וֹ אָשָׁ֑ם אָ֤ז תֵּרָֽפְאוּ֙ וְנוֹדַ֣ע לָכֶ֔ם לָ֛מָּה לֹא־תָס֥וּר יָד֖וֹ מִכֶּֽם׃

Vocabulary

Verse 1

            פלשׁתים  name: “Philistines” (BDB, 222)

            חדשׁ  “month”

Syntax & Miscellaneous

• The word, שֹדה, can mean land or country.
• The final clause is functioning as an adverb denoting the time of the stay.

Vocabulary

Verse 2

            קסם  noun: “diviner” (BDB, 890)

            במה  “with what?” (BDB, 552)

Verse 3

            משׁלחים  verb (Piel participle mpl): “sending away”

            ריקם  “empty” (BDB, 938)

            אשׁם  “trespass offering” (BDB, 79)

            אז  “then”

            רפא  verb: “heal”

            סור  verb: “turn aside”

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 2

• The lamed preposition, לַאֲר֣וֹן, is understood as “with.”
• The Hiphil of ידע is causative meaning “to cause to know” or “declare.”
• With the addition of the 1cpl suffix to the verb הוֹדִעֻ֕נוּ, the sureq verbal ending (3mpl) becomes qibbus under the final consonant of the root.

Verse 3

• The conditional clause (if) uses a participle as the predicator.
• The negative, אַל, is used with a jussive verb (prefix form); לֹא is used typically with indicative verbs.
• The infinitive absolute followed by a finite verb of the same root (שׁוב) is emphatic—“You shall surely return.”
• The subject of the 3fs verb, תָס֥וּר, is the feminine noun, יד.

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