2 Samuel 3:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֖ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִשָּׂ֧א הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֶת־קוֹל֗וֹ וַיֵּבְךְּ֙ אֶל־קֶ֣בֶר אַבְנֵ֔ר וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ כָּל־הָעָֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

wa-yiqbərû ʾet-ʾabnēr in ḥebrôn wa-yiśśāʾ ha-melek ʾet-qôlô wa-yēbk to qeber ʾabnēr wa-yibkû all hā-ʿām

Grammar Details

*wa-yiqbərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural consecutive - and they buried
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾabnēr*: proper noun - Abner
*ḥebrôn*: proper noun - Hebron
*wa-yiśśāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive - and he lifted up
*ha-melek*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the king
*qôlô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his voice
*wa-yēbk*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive - and he wept
*qeber*: noun masculine singular construct - grave of
*wa-yibkû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural consecutive - and they wept
*hā-ʿām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the people

Word Meanings

*wa-yiśśāʾ*: he lifted up/he raised
*wa-yēbk*: he wept/he cried

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 24:17 : 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
Job 31:28 : 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
1 Sam 30:4 : 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
2 Sam 1:12 : 12 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Sam 3:30-31
2 verses
89%
30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
31And 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 3:33-34
2 verses
85%
33And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.
2 Sam 19:1-2
2 verses
79%
1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.
2 Sam 3:36-38
3 verses
77%
36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
38And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
2 Sam 13:36-37
2 verses
76%
36And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
37[But Absalom] [fled,] [and went] [to Talmai] [the son] [of Ammihur,] [king] [of Geshur.] [And David] mourned for his son every day.
1 Sam 30:4
75%
4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
2 Sam 1:11-12
2 verses
74%
11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Sam 19:4
73%
4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Sam 3:26-28
3 verses
73%
26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
28And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
2 Sam 18:33
73%
33And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
1 Sam 26:14
73%
14and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
2 Sam 1:17
72%
17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
2 Sam 2:31-32
2 verses
72%
31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.
1 Kgs 13:30
72%
30And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!
2 Sam 4:1
72%
1And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
1 Sam 11:4
71%
4Then 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.
2 Sam 15:30
71%
30And David went up by the ascent of the [mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Sam 3:21-24
4 verses
71%
21And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
22And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
23When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
2 Sam 3:16-17
2 verses
71%
16And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.
17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:
2 Sam 2:4-5
2 verses
71%
4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Sam 15:23
71%
23And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
2 Sam 3:9
71%
9God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;
2 Sam 3:19
71%
19And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
2 Sam 13:39
71%
39And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
1 Kgs 2:31
70%
31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
2 Sam 13:31
69%
31Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
2 Sam 2:25
69%
25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
1 Sam 24:16
69%
16And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
2 Sam 4:12
69%
12And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
1 Kgs 14:18
69%
18And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Gen 23:2
69%
2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
1 Kgs 22:37
69%
37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.