2 Samuel 1:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק דָּוִ֛ד *בבגדו **בִּבְגָדָ֖יו וַיִּקְרָעֵ֑ם וְגַ֥ם כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyaḥăzēq dāwid in bəgādāyw and wayyiqrāʿēm and also all the ʾănāšîm who ʾittô.

Grammar Details

*wayyaḥăzēq*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he seized
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*bəgādāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his clothes
*wayyiqrāʿēm*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he tore them
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the men
*ʾittô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him

Word Meanings

*wayyaḥăzēq bibgādāyw*: he seized his clothes/he took hold of his garments
*wayyiqrāʿēm*: he tore them/he rent them
*ʾănāšîm*: men/people

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.
2 Sam 13:31 : 31 Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Gen 37:29 : 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Josh 7:6 : 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
Acts 14:14 : 14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out
Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; {G2532} weep with them that weep.

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