Genesis 50:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־גֹּ֣רֶן הָאָטָ֗ד אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־שָׁ֔ם מִסְפֵּ֛ד גָּד֥וֹל וְכָבֵ֖ד מְאֹ֑ד וַיַּ֧עַשׂ לְאָבִ֛יו אֵ֖בֶל שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Wa-yāḇōʾû unto-gōren hā-ʾāṭāḏ which in-ʿēḇer ha-yardēn wa-yispəḏû-there mispēḏ gāḏôl and-kāḇēḏ məʾōḏ wa-yaʿaś for-ʾāḇîw ʾēḇel šiḇʿaṯ yāmîm

Grammar Details

*Wa-yāḇōʾû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they came
*gōren*: masculine singular construct - threshing floor of
*hā-ʾāṭāḏ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the bramble/thornbush
*ʿēḇer*: masculine singular construct - region beyond
*ha-yardēn*: definite article + proper noun - the Jordan
*wa-yispəḏû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they lamented
*mispēḏ*: masculine singular noun - lamentation
*gāḏôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great
*kāḇēḏ*: adjective, masculine singular - heavy/severe
*məʾōḏ*: adverb - very
*wa-yaʿaś*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he made
*ʾāḇîw*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
*ʾēḇel*: masculine singular noun - mourning
*šiḇʿaṯ*: construct state of *šiḇʿāh*, feminine numeral - seven of
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days

Word Meanings

*gōren hā-ʾāṭāḏ*: threshing floor of Atad/thornbush
*ʿēḇer ha-yardēn*: beyond the Jordan/Transjordan
*mispēḏ*: lamentation/wailing/funeral ceremony
*ʾēḇel*: mourning/grief ceremony

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 8:2 : 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
2 Sam 1:17 : 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
Job 2:13 : 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
1 Sam 31:13 : 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Gen 50:4 : 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Gen 50:11 : 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Num 19:11 : 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Deut 1:1 : 1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deut 34:8 : 8 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.

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