The Meaning of 1 Samuel 6:10 Explained

1 Samuel 6:10

KJV: And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

YLT: And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;

Darby: And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

ASV: And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 6:10?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 6:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

What does 1 Samuel 6:10 Mean?

Context Summary

1Sa 6:1-12 - Returned With A Trespass-Offering

There is reason to suppose that when the Philistines got possession of the Ark, they destroyed Shiloh. See Psalms 78:60; Psalms 78:64; Jeremiah 26:9. They could not imagine how to rid themselves of the sacred emblem, which brought only destruction in its train, until they had consulted the priests. These priests appear to have been well acquainted with the previous history of the Israelites, though centuries had passed since the passage of the Red Sea. How ignorantly men think of God! He is not their enemy, but the enemy of their sin.

What a striking illustration is afforded by these lowing kine! Their maternal instincts yearned for their young, detained behind; but they were urged forward by a supernatural impulse. So the missionary may leave wife and child, that he may carry the Gospel to the heathen; so the slum-worker may abandon all that others hold dear, in order to change some wretched district into a city of God. Our weak heart clings, but the love of Christ constrains us, and we go forward, urged by a divine and overmastering motive. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1Sa 6

¹ After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark
¹⁰ They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth Shemesh
¹⁹ The people are smitten for looking into the ark
²¹ They send to them of Kiriath Jearim to fetch it

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 6:10 mean?

And did the men so and they took two cows milk and hitched them to the cart and their calves shut up at home

וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ כֵּ֔ן וַיִּקְח֗וּ שְׁתֵּ֤י פָרוֹת֙ עָל֔וֹת וַיַּאַסְר֖וּם בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה וְאֶת־ בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל֥וּ בַבָּֽיִת

וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ	And did
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הָאֲנָשִׁים֙	the men
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
כֵּ֔ן	so
Parse: Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
וַיִּקְח֗וּ	and they took
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
שְׁתֵּ֤י	two
Parse: Number, fdc Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
פָרוֹת֙	cows
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: פָּרָה Sense: cow, heifer.
עָל֔וֹת	milk
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural Root: עוּל Sense: to give suck, suckle, nurse.
וַיַּאַסְר֖וּם	and hitched them
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural Root: אָסַר Sense: to tie, bind, imprison.
בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה	to the cart
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עֲגִילָה Sense: cart, wagon.
בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם	their calves
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
כָּל֥וּ	shut up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: כָּלָא Sense: to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid.
בַבָּֽיִת	at home
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.

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