1 Samuel 5:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.”
כָּרַת
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
כַּף
the palms of
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כַּף
Palm of the hand. Kaph. Engraved on the palms of My hands. Before there was a cross this image pointed to it. Jesus carries the marks of our salvation in His hands.
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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יָד
hands/ its
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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רַק
only
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רַק
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
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נָפַל
was fallen
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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שָׁאַר
it remained
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שָׁאַר
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
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דָּגוֹן
Dagon
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דָּגוֹן
Dagon, a Philistine deity
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