1 Samuel 6:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.”
כָּבוֹד
Glory, weight, honour. Kabod. The manifest presence of God. When His glory appears everything changes. It is not abstract praise but actual divine presence.
צֶלֶם
images of
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צֶלֶם
Image, likeness. Tselem. The stamp of God on every human being. You bear His image. You were made to reflect His character into the world.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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קָלַל
he will lighten
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קָלַל
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
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יָד
hand/ his
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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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טְחֹר
tumors/ your
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טְחֹר
a boil or ulcer (from the inflammation), especially a tumorin the anus or pudenda (the piles)
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עַכְבָּר
mice/ your
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עַכְבָּר
a mouse (as nibbling)
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