1 Samuel 7:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י מִיּ֞וֹם שֶׁ֤בֶת הָֽאָרוֹן֙ בְּקִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֔ים וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּנָּה֛וּ כָּל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַחֲרֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayhî from-day šebet the-ark in-qiryat yeʿārîm and wayyirbû the-days and wayyihyû twenty year and wayyinnāhû all-house of yiśrāʾēl after YHWH.

Grammar Details

*wayhî*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *hāyâ* - and it was/happened
*šebet*: infinitive construct of *yāšab* - dwelling/residing of
*wayyirbû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they multiplied/increased
*wayyihyû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were
*wayyinnāhû*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they lamented/mourned/grieved

Word Meanings

*wayhî*: it was/it happened/it came to pass
*šebet*: dwelling/residing/sitting/staying
*wayyirbû*: multiplied/increased/grew many
*wayyinnāhû*: lamented/mourned/grieved/were drawn after

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Referenced Verses

Judg 2:4 : 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Jer 3:13 : 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
Jer 3:22-25 : 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Zech 12:10-11 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
2 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

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