Deuteronomy 34:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּבְכּוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥ת מוֹאָ֖ב שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים י֑וֹם וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּ יְמֵ֥י בְכִ֖י אֵ֥בֶל מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wayyibkû bənê Yiśrā'ēl 'et-Mōšeh in 'arbōt Mô'āb thirty yôm; and wayyittəmû yəmê bəkî 'ēbel Mōšeh

Grammar Details

*wayyibkû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they wept'
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - 'sons of/children of'
*Yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
*'et*: direct object marker
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - 'Moses'
*'arbōt*: feminine plural construct - 'plains of'
*Mô'āb*: proper noun - 'Moab'
*yôm*: masculine singular - 'day'
*wayyittəmû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they were completed'
*yəmê*: masculine plural construct - 'days of'
*bəkî*: masculine singular construct - 'weeping of'
*'ēbel*: masculine singular construct - 'mourning of'

Word Meanings

*wayyibkû*: and they wept/and they mourned
*bənê*: sons of/children of
*'arbōt*: plains/steppes/deserts
*wayyittəmû*: and they were completed/and they ended/and they were finished
*yəmê*: days of/period of
*bəkî*: weeping/lamentation
*'ēbel*: mourning/grief/bereavement

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 50:3 : 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Gen 50:10 : 10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Num 20:29 : 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
1 Sam 25:1 : 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Acts 8:2 : 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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