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And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.

בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.

בָּעִ֔יר (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.

בָעָ֑ם (בָ) va. “among the”

And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his hands were broken off on the doorstep; only the base was in its place.

בַבֹּקֶר֮ (בַ) va. “in the”

So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house, will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod.

בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”

But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.

בַּטְּחֹרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba “with <the>”

But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.

בָּעִיר֙ (בָּ) ba. “on the”

So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba “with the”

Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (בִּ) bi “in”

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

בַּמֶּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “<in>”

Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

בָּהֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

So now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have the cows yoked to the cart, and take their young ones away from them:

בָּעֲגָלָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “on the”

And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.

בָאַרְגַּ֖ז (בָ) va. “in the”

If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

בָּ֔נוּ (בָּ֔) Ba. “<in> <the>”

And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place:

בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “on the”בַבָּֽיִת׃ (בַ) va. “in the”

And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge o

בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּמְסִלָּ֣ה (בִּ) bi “on”

And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.

בָּעֵ֑מֶק (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.

בּ֣וֹ (בּ֣) b “[were] in <the>”בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.

בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled towns as well as country places: and the great stone where they put the ark of the Lord is still in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite to this day.

בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (בִּ) bi “in”

But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.

בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י (בְּ) be. “among”בַּאֲר֣וֹן (בַּ) ba. “in”בָּעָם֙ (בָּ) ba. “among the”בָּעָ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “<in> the”

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “on the”