2 Samuel 1:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י וְהִנֵּה֩ אִ֨ישׁ בָּ֤א מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ מֵעִ֣ם שָׁא֔וּל וּבְגָדָ֣יו קְרֻעִ֔ים וַאֲדָמָ֖ה עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיְהִי֙ בְּבֹא֣וֹ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּפֹּ֥ל אַ֖רְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃

Transliteration

And wayəhî on the day the third and hinnēh ʾîš coming from the maḥăneh from ʿim šāʾûl and bəgādāyw qəruʿîm and ʾădāmâ on rōʾšô and wayəhî in his coming to dāwid and wayyippōl ʾarṣâ and wayyištāḥû.

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*bāʾ*: participle, masculine singular - coming
*maḥăneh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - camp
*ʿim*: preposition - from with
*šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*bəgādāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his clothes
*qəruʿîm*: passive participle, masculine plural - torn
*ʾădāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/soil/dirt
*rōʾšô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head
*bəbōʾô*: preposition with infinitive construct and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his coming
*wayyippōl*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he fell
*ʾarṣâ*: noun, feminine singular with directional heh - to the ground
*wayyištāḥû*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, hishtaphel form - and he bowed down/prostrated himself

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*ʾîš*: man/person/one
*maḥăneh*: camp/army/host
*bəgādāyw qəruʿîm*: his clothes [were] torn
*ʾădāmâ*: earth/soil/dust/ground
*wayyippōl ʾarṣâ*: he fell to the ground/he fell down
*wayyištāḥû*: he prostrated himself/he bowed down/he paid homage

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 4:12 : 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
2 Sam 4:10 : 10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
Josh 7:6 : 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
1 Sam 25:23 : 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
1 Sam 4:16 : 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
1 Sam 20:41 : 41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
Gen 22:4 : 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Gen 37:7-9 : 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Gen 37:29 : 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Gen 43:28 : 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
2 Sam 14:4 : 4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
2 Sam 15:32 : 32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esth 5:1 : 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Ps 66:3 : 3 Say{H8798)} unto God, How terrible{H8737)} art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies{H8802)} submit{H8762)} themselves unto thee.
Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Joel 2:13 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matt 16:21 : 21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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