8 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.31.8",
"source": "וַֽיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים לְפַשֵּׁ֖ט אֶת־הַחֲלָלִ֑ים וֽ͏ַיִּמְצְא֤וּ אֶת־שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶת־שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת בָּנָ֔יו נֹפְלִ֖ים בְּהַ֥ר הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃",
"text": "And *wayəhî* *mimmāḥŏrāt*, and *wayyābōʾû* *pəlištîm* to *ləpaššēṭ* *ʾet-haḥălālîm*, and *wayyimṣəʾû* *ʾet-šāʾûl* and *ʾet* his three *bānāyw* *nōp̄əlîm* on *har haggilbōaʿ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayəhî*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it happened",
"*mimmāḥŏrāt*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - on the next day",
"*wayyābōʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they came",
"*pəlištîm*": "noun, masculine plural - Philistines",
"*ləpaššēṭ*": "preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct - to strip",
"*ʾet-haḥălālîm*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine plural with definite article - the slain",
"*wayyimṣəʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they found",
"*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul",
"*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons",
"*nōp̄əlîm*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural - fallen",
"*har haggilbōaʿ*": "proper noun phrase - Mount Gilboa"
},
"variants": {
"*wayəhî*": "and it was/and it came to pass/and it happened",
"*mimmāḥŏrāt*": "on the next day/the day after",
"*ləpaššēṭ*": "to strip/to plunder/to despoil",
"*haḥălālîm*": "the slain/the fallen/the dead bodies",
"*nōp̄əlîm*": "fallen/lying dead"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.31.9",
"source": "וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ֙ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וַיַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ אֶת־כֵּלָ֑יו וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ בְאֶֽרֶץ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים סָבִ֗יב לְבַשֵּׂ֛ר בֵּ֥ית עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־הָעָֽם׃",
"text": "And *wayyiḵrətû* *ʾet-rōʾšô* and *wayyap̄šîṭû* *ʾet-kēlāyw*, and *wayəšalləḥû* in *ʾereṣ-pəlištîm* *sābîb* to *ləbaśśēr* *bêt ʿăṣabbêhem* and *ʾet-hāʿām*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiḵrətû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they cut off",
"*ʾet-rōʾšô*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head",
"*wayyap̄šîṭû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they stripped",
"*ʾet-kēlāyw*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his weapons/armor",
"*wayəšalləḥû*": "verb, piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they sent",
"*ʾereṣ-pəlištîm*": "noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - land of Philistines",
"*sābîb*": "adverb - around",
"*ləbaśśēr*": "preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct - to proclaim/announce good news",
"*bêt ʿăṣabbêhem*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - house of their idols",
"*ʾet-hāʿām*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiḵrətû*": "cut off/severed/beheaded",
"*kēlāyw*": "his weapons/his armor/his equipment",
"*wayəšalləḥû*": "sent/dispatched/had messengers go",
"*sābîb*": "around/all around/in every direction",
"*ləbaśśēr*": "to announce/to proclaim/to bring news",
"*ʿăṣabbêhem*": "their idols/their images/their gods"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.31.10",
"source": "וַיָּשִׂ֙מוּ֙ אֶת־כֵּלָ֔יו בֵּ֖ית עַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת וְאֶת־גְּוִיָּתוֹ֙ תָּקְע֔וּ בְּחוֹמַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁן׃",
"text": "And *wayyāśîmû* *ʾet-kēlāyw* in *bêt ʿaštārôt*, and *ʾet-gəwiyyātô* *tāqəʿû* in *bəḥômat bêt šān*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāśîmû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they put",
"*ʾet-kēlāyw*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his weapons/armor",
"*bêt ʿaštārôt*": "noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - house of Ashtaroth",
"*ʾet-gəwiyyātô*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his body/corpse",
"*tāqəʿû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they fastened/impaled",
"*bəḥômat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the wall of",
"*bêt šān*": "proper noun - Beth-shan"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyāśîmû*": "put/placed/deposited",
"*kēlāyw*": "his weapons/his armor/his equipment",
"*ʿaštārôt*": "Ashtaroth/Ashtarte [goddess]",
"*gəwiyyātô*": "his body/his corpse/his dead body",
"*tāqəʿû*": "fastened/impaled/hung up"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.31.11",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו יֹשְׁבֵ֖י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֥וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לְשָׁאֽוּל׃",
"text": "And *wayyišməʿû* to him *yōšəbê yābêš gilʿād* *ʾêt ʾăšer-ʿāśû* *pəlištîm* to *šāʾûl*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyišməʿû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they heard",
"*yōšəbê yābêš gilʿād*": "noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun + proper noun - inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead",
"*ʾêt ʾăšer-ʿāśû*": "direct object marker + relative pronoun + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - what they had done",
"*pəlištîm*": "noun, masculine plural - Philistines",
"*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyišməʿû*": "heard/heard about/received news",
"*yōšəbê*": "inhabitants/dwellers/citizens",
"*ʿāśû*": "done/did/performed"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.31.12",
"source": "וַיָּק֜וּמוּ כָּל־אִ֣ישׁ חַיִל֮ וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ כָל־הַלַּיְלָה֒ וַיִּקְח֞וּ אֶת־גְּוִיַּ֣ת שָׁא֗וּל וְאֵת֙ גְּוִיֹּ֣ת בָּנָ֔יו מֵחוֹמַ֖ת בֵּ֣ית שָׁ֑ן וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ יָבֵ֔שָׁה וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם שָֽׁם׃",
"text": "And *wayyāqûmû* all *ʾîš ḥayil* and *wayyēləḵû* all *hallaylāh*, and *wayyiqḥû* *ʾet-gəwiyyat šāʾûl* and *ʾēt gəwiyyōt bānāyw* from *mēḥômat bêt šān*, and *wayyābōʾû* *yābēšāh* and *wayyiśrəp̄û* them there.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqûmû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they arose",
"*ʾîš ḥayil*": "noun, masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - man of valor",
"*wayyēləḵû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they went",
"*hallaylāh*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the night",
"*wayyiqḥû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they took",
"*gəwiyyat šāʾûl*": "noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - body of Saul",
"*gəwiyyōt bānāyw*": "noun, feminine plural construct + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - bodies of his sons",
"*mēḥômat bêt šān*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - from the wall of Beth-shan",
"*wayyābōʾû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they came",
"*yābēšāh*": "proper noun with directional heh - to Jabesh",
"*wayyiśrəp̄û*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they burned"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾîš ḥayil*": "valiant man/brave man/man of valor",
"*wayyiqḥû*": "took/carried/retrieved",
"*gəwiyyat*": "body/corpse/dead body",
"*wayyiśrəp̄û*": "burned/cremated"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.31.13",
"source": "וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ תַֽחַת־הָאֶ֖שֶׁל בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃",
"text": "And *wayyiqḥû* *ʾet-ʿaṣmōtêhem* and *wayyiqbərû* under *taḥat-hāʾešel* in *bəyābēšāh*, and *wayyāṣûmû* seven *yāmîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqḥû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they took",
"*ʾet-ʿaṣmōtêhem*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bones",
"*wayyiqbərû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they buried",
"*taḥat-hāʾešel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with definite article - under the tamarisk tree",
"*bəyābēšāh*": "preposition + proper noun - in Jabesh",
"*wayyāṣûmû*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they fasted",
"*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - days"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿaṣmōtêhem*": "their bones/their remains",
"*hāʾešel*": "the tamarisk tree/the terebinth",
"*wayyāṣûmû*": "fasted/abstained from food"
}
}