2 Samuel 21:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ינתן־**יֻתַּן־לָ֜נוּ שִׁבְעָ֤ה אֲנָשִׁים֙ מִבָּנָ֔יו וְהוֹקֽ͏ַעֲנוּם֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּגִבְעַ֥ת שָׁא֖וּל בְּחִ֣יר יְהוָ֑ה ס וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲנִ֥י אֶתֵּֽן

Transliteration

yuttan-to-us seven ʾănāšîm from-bānāyw and-hôqaʿănûm to-YHWH in-Gibʿat Šāʾûl bĕḥîr YHWH. And wayyōʾmer the-melek, "I ʾettēn."

Grammar Details

*yuttan*: qal passive imperfect 3ms (Ketiv: *yintēn* - niphal imperfect 3ms) - let be given
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*bānāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct + 3ms suffix - his sons
*hôqaʿănûm*: hiphil perfect 1cp + 3mp suffix - we will hang/impale them
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*Gibʿat*: noun, feminine singular construct - hill of
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*bĕḥîr*: qal passive participle masculine singular construct - chosen of
*wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
*ʾettēn*: qal imperfect 1cs - I will give

Word Meanings

*hôqaʿănûm*: hang them/impale them/expose them
*bĕḥîr* *YHWH*: chosen of YHWH/elect of YHWH

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 10:24 : 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him along all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.
1 Sam 10:26 : 26 And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Sam 11:4 : 4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Num 25:4-5 : 4 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.
Deut 21:22 : 22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
Josh 10:26 : 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
1 Sam 9:16-17 : 16 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.
1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?
Gen 40:19 : 19 within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Gen 40:22 : 22 but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
2 Sam 18:10 : 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
Ezra 6:11 : 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
Esth 9:10 : 10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
Esth 9:13-14 : 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Matt 27:5 : 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
Acts 13:21 : 21 And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

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