1 Kings 13:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּנַּ֥ח אֶת־נִבְלָת֖וֹ בְּקִבְר֑וֹ וַיִּסְפְּד֥וּ עָלָ֖יו ה֥וֹי אָחִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wə-yannaḥ ʾeṯ-niḇlāṯô in-bə-qiḇrô and wə-yispəḏû over-him hôy ʾāḥî.

Grammar Details

*wə-yannaḥ*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he laid/placed
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*niḇlāṯô*: noun feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his corpse
*bə-qiḇrô*: preposition + noun masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his tomb
*wə-yispəḏû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they mourned/lamented
*hôy*: interjection - alas/woe
*ʾāḥî*: noun masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - my brother

Word Meanings

*niḇlāṯô*: his corpse/his dead body/his remains
*bə-qiḇrô*: in his tomb/in his grave/in his sepulcher
*wə-yispəḏû*: they mourned/they lamented/they wailed
*hôy ʾāḥî*: alas, my brother/woe, my brother - a mourning cry

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Referenced Verses

Jer 22:18 : 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Acts 8:2 : 2 And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

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