Genesis 25:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּגְוַ֨ע וַיָּ֧מָת אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה זָקֵ֣ן וְשָׂבֵ֑עַ וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-yiḡwaʿ wə-yāmāt ʾaḇrāhām bə-śêḇāh ṭôḇāh zāqēn wə-śāḇēaʿ wə-yēʾāsep̄ ʾel-ʿammāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiḡwaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he expired
• *wə-yāmāt*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died
• *ʾaḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
• *bə-śêḇāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in old age
• *ṭôḇāh*: adjective, feminine singular - good
• *zāqēn*: adjective, masculine singular - old
• *wə-śāḇēaʿ*: waw conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and full/satisfied
• *wə-yēʾāsep̄*: waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and was gathered
• *ʾel-ʿammāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his people

Word Meanings

• *wə-yiḡwaʿ*: expired/breathed his last/perished
• *bə-śêḇāh*: old age/gray hair
• *wə-śāḇēaʿ*: full/satisfied/content
• *wə-yēʾāsep̄*: was gathered/joined/collected
• *ʾel-ʿammāyw*: to his people/to his relatives/to his ancestors

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
• Gen 25:17 : 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
• Gen 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• Gen 47:8-9 : 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Gen 49:29 : 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
• Gen 25:7 : 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
• Gen 35:18 : 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing,(for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
• Gen 35:28-29 : 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
• Num 20:24 : 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
• Num 27:13 : 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
• Judg 2:10 : 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
• Judg 8:32 : 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• 1 Chr 29:28 : 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
• Job 5:26 : 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
• Job 42:17 : 17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
• Prov 20:29 : 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
• Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
• Acts 5:5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
• Acts 5:10 : 10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: