2 Kings 9:35

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{ "verseID": "2 Kings.9.35", "source": "וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לְקָבְרָ֑הּ וְלֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ בָ֗הּ כִּ֧י אִם־הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם וְכַפּ֖וֹת הַיָּדָֽיִם׃", "text": "And *yēlkû* to *qābrāh*; and *lōʾ-māṣĕʾû* in her *kî ʾim-hagulgōlet* and *hāraglayim* and *kappôt* *hayyādāyim*.", "grammar": { "*yēlkû*": "Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they went", "*qābrāh*": "Qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to bury her", "*lōʾ-māṣĕʾû*": "negative particle with Qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they did not find", "*kî ʾim*": "conjunctive particles - except/but only", "*hagulgōlet*": "definite article with common noun, feminine singular - the skull", "*hāraglayim*": "definite article with common noun, feminine dual - the feet", "*kappôt*": "common noun, feminine plural construct - palms of", "*hayyādāyim*": "definite article with common noun, feminine dual - the hands" }, "variants": { "*qābrāh*": "to bury her/for her burial", "*māṣĕʾû*": "found/discovered", "*hagulgōlet*": "skull/cranium", "*kappôt*": "palms/hand palms" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לְקָבְרָ֑הּ וְלֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ בָ֗הּ כִּ֧י אִם־הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם וְכַפּ֖וֹת הַיָּדָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And yēlkû to qābrāh; and lōʾ-māṣĕʾû in her kî ʾim-hagulgōlet and hāraglayim and kappôt hayyādāyim.

Grammar Details

• *yēlkû*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they went
• *qābrāh*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to bury her
• *lōʾ-māṣĕʾû*: negative particle with Qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they did not find
• *kî ʾim*: conjunctive particles - except/but only
• *hagulgōlet*: definite article with common noun, feminine singular - the skull
• *hāraglayim*: definite article with common noun, feminine dual - the feet
• *kappôt*: common noun, feminine plural construct - palms of
• *hayyādāyim*: definite article with common noun, feminine dual - the hands

Word Meanings

• *qābrāh*: to bury her/for her burial
• *māṣĕʾû*: found/discovered
• *hagulgōlet*: skull/cranium
• *kappôt*: palms/hand palms

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing of her except the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they went{H3212} to bury{H6912} her; but they found{H4672} no more of her than{H518} the skull,{H1538} and the feet,{H7272} and the palms{H3709} of her hands.{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they went{H3212}{(H8799)} to bury{H6912}{(H8800)} her: but they found{H4672}{(H8804)} no more of her than{H518} the skull{H1538}, and the feet{H7272}, and the palms{H3709} of her hands{H3027}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles whan they wente in to burye her, they founde nothinge of her, but the?kull and the fete, and the palmes of her handes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so when they came to burie her, they founde no more of her then the skull, and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of [her] hands.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.

Referenced Verses

• Job 31:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Job.31.3", "source": "הֲלֹא־אֵ֥יד לְעַוָּ֑ל וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃", "text": "*hălōʾ-ʾêd* to-*ʿawwāl* and-*nēker* to-*pōʿălê ʾāwen*", "grammar": { "*hălōʾ*": "interrogative particle with negative - is not", "*ʾêd*": "noun, masculine singular - calamity/disaster", "*ʿawwāl*": "noun, masculine singular - unjust one/unrighteous person", "*nēker*": "noun, masculine singular - disaster/alienation", "*pōʿălê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - doers of/workers of", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - wickedness/iniquity" }, "variants": { "*ʾêd*": "calamity/destruction/disaster", "*ʿawwāl*": "unjust one/unrighteous/evildoer", "*nēker*": "disaster/alienation/estrangement", "*pōʿălê ʾāwen*": "workers of iniquity/those who do evil" } }
• Eccl 6:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.3", "source": "אִם־יוֹלִ֣יד אִ֣ישׁ מֵאָ֡ה וְשָׁנִים֩ רַבּ֨וֹת יִֽחְיֶ֜ה וְרַ֣ב ׀ שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־שָׁנָ֗יו וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֣ע מִן־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ אָמַ֕רְתִּי ט֥וֹב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל׃", "text": "If-*yôlîd* *ʾîš* hundred and-*šānîm* *rabbôṯ* *yiḥyeh* and-many *šeyyihyû* *yəmê-šānāyw* and-*nap̄šô* not-*tiśbaʿ* from-the-*haṭṭôḇāh* and-also-*qəḇûrāh* not-*hāyəṯāh* to-him, *ʾāmartî* *ṭôḇ* from-him the-*hannāp̄el*.", "grammar": { "*yôlîd*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he begets", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years", "*rabbôṯ*": "adjective, feminine plural - many/numerous", "*yiḥyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will live", "*šeyyihyû*": "relative conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - that they will be", "*yəmê-šānāyw*": "construct state: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - days of his years", "*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul", "*tiśbaʿ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is satisfied/filled", "*haṭṭôḇāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the good/goodness", "*qəḇûrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - burial/grave", "*hāyəṯāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she was/became", "*ʾāmartî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say/said", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better", "*hannāp̄el*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the miscarriage/stillborn" }, "variants": { "*yôlîd*": "begets/fathers/brings forth", "*tiśbaʿ*": "is satisfied/is filled/has enough", "*haṭṭôḇāh*": "the good/the goodness/the prosperity", "*qəḇûrāh*": "burial/grave/tomb", "*ʾāmartî*": "I say/I declare/I pronounce", "*hannāp̄el*": "the miscarriage/the stillborn/the untimely birth" } }
• Isa 14:18-20 : 18 { "verseID": "Isaiah.14.18", "source": "כָּל־מַלְכֵ֥י גוֹיִ֖ם כֻּלָּ֑ם שָׁכְב֥וּ בְכָב֖וֹד אִ֥ישׁ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃", "text": "All-*malḵê* *ḡôyim*, all-of-them, *šāḵǝḇû* in-*ḵāḇôd*, *ʾîš* in-*bêtô*.", "grammar": { "*malḵê*": "masculine plural construct - kings of", "*ḡôyim*": "masculine plural noun - nations", "*šāḵǝḇû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they lie down", "*ḵāḇôd*": "masculine singular noun - glory/honor", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each one", "*bêtô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house" }, "variants": { "*malḵê*": "kings of", "*ḡôyim*": "nations/peoples/gentiles", "*šāḵǝḇû*": "lie down/rest/sleep", "*ḵāḇôd*": "glory/honor/dignity", "*ʾîš*": "man/each one/each", "*bêtô*": "his house/his tomb/his place" } } 19 { "verseID": "Isaiah.14.19", "source": "וְאַתָּ֞ה הָשְׁלַ֤כְתָּ מִֽקִּבְרְךָ֙ כְּנֵ֣צֶר נִתְעָ֔ב לְב֥וּשׁ הֲרֻגִ֖ים מְטֹ֣עֲנֵי חָ֑רֶב יוֹרְדֵ֥י אֶל־אַבְנֵי־ב֖וֹר כְּפֶ֥גֶר מוּבָֽס׃", "text": "But-you *hāšlaktā* from-*qiḇrǝḵā* like-*nēṣer* *nitʿāḇ*, *lǝḇûš* *hărugîm* *mǝṭōʿănê* *ḥāreḇ*; *yôrǝdê* to-*ʾaḇnê*-*ḇôr*, like-*p̄eḡer* *mûḇās*.", "grammar": { "*hāšlaktā*": "hophal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you are thrown out", "*qiḇrǝḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your grave", "*nēṣer*": "masculine singular noun - branch/shoot", "*nitʿāḇ*": "niphal participle, masculine singular - abhorred/despised", "*lǝḇûš*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - clothed", "*hărugîm*": "qal passive participle, masculine plural - slain ones", "*mǝṭōʿănê*": "pual participle, masculine plural construct - those pierced by", "*ḥāreḇ*": "feminine singular noun - sword", "*yôrǝdê*": "qal active participle, masculine plural construct - those going down to", "*ʾaḇnê*": "feminine plural construct - stones of", "*ḇôr*": "masculine singular noun - pit/cistern", "*p̄eḡer*": "masculine singular noun - corpse/carcass", "*mûḇās*": "hophal participle, masculine singular - trampled" }, "variants": { "*hāšlaktā*": "you are thrown out/you are cast out/you are flung", "*qiḇrǝḵā*": "your grave/your tomb/your sepulcher", "*nēṣer*": "branch/shoot/sprout", "*nitʿāḇ*": "abhorred/despised/detested", "*lǝḇûš*": "clothed/dressed/covered", "*hărugîm*": "slain ones/killed ones/those put to death", "*mǝṭōʿănê*": "those pierced by/those thrust through by", "*ḥāreḇ*": "sword/knife/dagger", "*yôrǝdê*": "those going down to/those descending to", "*p̄eḡer*": "corpse/carcass/dead body", "*mûḇās*": "trampled/trodden down/stomped upon" } } 20 { "verseID": "Isaiah.14.20", "source": "לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּם֙ בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥ שִׁחַ֖תָּ עַמְּךָ֣ הָרָ֑גְתָּ לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א לְעוֹלָ֖ם זֶ֥רַע מְרֵעִֽים׃", "text": "Not-*tēḥad* with-them in-*qǝḇûrāh*, for-*ʾarṣǝḵā* *šiḥattā*, *ʿammǝḵā* *hārāḡtā*. Not-*yiqqārēʾ* to-*ʿôlām* *zeraʿ* *mǝrēʿîm*.", "grammar": { "*tēḥad*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will be united", "*qǝḇûrāh*": "feminine singular noun - burial/grave", "*ʾarṣǝḵā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your land", "*šiḥattā*": "piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have destroyed/ruined", "*ʿammǝḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people", "*hārāḡtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have killed/slain", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be called/named", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - eternity/forever", "*zeraʿ*": "masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of", "*mǝrēʿîm*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - evildoers" }, "variants": { "*tēḥad*": "you will be united/you will join/you will be brought together", "*qǝḇûrāh*": "burial/grave/tomb", "*šiḥattā*": "you have destroyed/you have ruined/you have corrupted", "*hārāḡtā*": "you have killed/you have slain/you have murdered", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "will be called/will be named/will be proclaimed", "*ʿôlām*": "eternity/forever/perpetuity", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants", "*mǝrēʿîm*": "evildoers/those doing evil/wrongdoers" } }
• Jer 22:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.22.19", "source": "׃22 19 קְבוּרַ֥ת חֲמ֖וֹר יִקָּבֵ֑ר סָח֣וֹב וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ מֵהָ֖לְאָה לְשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ ס", "text": "*Qᵉbûrat* *ḥămôr* *yiqqābēr*, *sāḥôb* and *hašlēk* beyond to *šaʿărê* *Yᵉrûšālāim*.", "grammar": { "*qᵉbûrat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - burial of", "*ḥămôr*": "noun, masculine singular - donkey", "*yiqqābēr*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, niphal - he will be buried", "*sāḥôb*": "infinitive absolute, qal - dragging", "*wᵉ-hašlēk*": "conjunction + infinitive absolute, hiphil - and throwing", "*mē-hālʾāh*": "preposition + adverb - beyond/outside", "*lᵉ-šaʿărê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - to gates of", "*Yᵉrûšālāim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem" }, "variants": { "*qᵉbûrat ḥămôr*": "burial of a donkey/donkey's burial", "*yiqqābēr*": "he will be buried/entombed", "*sāḥôb*": "dragging/pulling", "*hašlēk*": "throwing/casting/flinging", "*hālʾāh*": "beyond/farther/outside" } }
• Jer 36:30 : 30 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.36.30", "source": "לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל־יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה לֹא־יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֥וֹ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֑ד וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת לַחֹ֥רֶב בַּיּ֖וֹם וְלַקֶּ֥רַח בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃", "text": "Therefore thus-*ʾāmar* *YHWH* concerning-*Yəhōyāqîm* *melek* *Yəhûdāh*: not-*yihyeh*-to-him *yōšēb* upon-*kissēʾ* *Dāwid*, and-*niblātō* *tihyeh* *mušleket* to-the-*ḥōreb* in-the-*yōm* and-to-the-*qeraḥ* in-the-*lāylāh*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*Yəhōyāqîm*": "proper noun - Jehoiakim", "*melek*": "construct state, masculine singular - king of", "*Yəhûdāh*": "proper noun - Judah", "*yihyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be", "*yōšēb*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - sitting/one who sits", "*kissēʾ*": "construct state, masculine singular - throne of", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun - David", "*niblātō*": "noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his corpse", "*tihyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be", "*mušleket*": "Hophal participle, feminine singular - thrown out/cast", "*ḥōreb*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the heat", "*yōm*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the day", "*qeraḥ*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the frost/cold", "*lāylāh*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the night" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmar*": "said/spoke/declared", "*yihyeh*": "will be/shall be/exist", "*yōšēb*": "one sitting/dwelling/enthroned", "*kissēʾ*": "throne/seat of authority", "*niblātō*": "his corpse/dead body", "*mušleket*": "cast out/thrown away/exposed", "*ḥōreb*": "heat/drought/parching heat", "*qeraḥ*": "frost/ice/cold", "*yōm*": "day/daytime", "*lāylāh*": "night/nighttime" } }
• Acts 12:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Acts.12.23", "source": "Παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἄγγελος Κυρίου, ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἔδωκεν τὴν δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ: καὶ γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος, ἐξέψυξεν.", "text": "*Parachrēma de epataxen auton angelos Kyriou*, *anth' hōn ouk edōken tēn doxan tō Theō*: and *genomenos skōlēkobrōtos*, *exepsyxen*.", "grammar": { "*Parachrēma*": "adverb - immediately/instantly", "*de*": "postpositive particle - and/but", "*epataxen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - struck", "*auton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - him", "*angelos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - angel", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord", "*anth' hōn*": "preposition + genitive relative pronoun - because", "*ouk*": "negative particle - not", "*edōken*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he gave", "*tēn doxan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the glory", "*tō Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to God", "*genomenos*": "aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having become", "*skōlēkobrōtos*": "nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - eaten by worms", "*exepsyxen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he expired/died" }, "variants": { "*Parachrēma*": "immediately/instantly/at once", "*epataxen*": "struck/smote", "*anth' hōn*": "because/on account of the fact that", "*edōken tēn doxan tō Theō*": "gave the glory to God (failed to do so)", "*genomenos skōlēkobrōtos*": "having become eaten by worms/worm-eaten", "*exepsyxen*": "expired/breathed his last/died" } }