1 Samuel

1 Samuel 31:11–13

¹¹When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan.

When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. ¹³Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

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1 Samuel 31:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the people	יֹשְׁבֵ֖י	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
of Jabesh-gilead	יָבֵ֣ישׁ	yā·ḇêš	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3003 Jobesh
heard	וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ	way·yiš·mə·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8085 hear
what	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
had done	עָשׂ֥וּ	‘ā·śū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
to Saul	לְשָׁאֽוּל׃	lə·šā·’ūl	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul

1 Samuel 31:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
their men	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of valor	חַיִל֮	ḥa·yil	Noun - masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
set out	וַיָּק֜וּמוּ	way·yā·qū·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
journeyed	וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
all	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
night	הַלַּיְלָה֒	hal·lay·lāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
and retrieved	וַיִּקְח֞וּ	way·yiq·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
the bodies	גְּוִיַּ֣ת	gə·wî·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1472 body, corpse
of Saul	שָׁא֗וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
his sons	בָּנָ֔יו	bā·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
from the wall	מֵחוֹמַ֖ת	mê·ḥō·w·maṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2346 wall
of Beth-shan	שָׁ֑ן	šān	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1052 Beth-Shean, Beth-Shan
When they arrived	וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
at Jabesh	יָבֵ֔שָׁה	yā·ḇê·šāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H3003 Jobesh
they burned	וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ	way·yiś·rə·p̄ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8313 burn
the bodies there	שָֽׁם׃	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither

1 Samuel 31:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then they took	וַיִּקְחוּ֙	way·yiq·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
their bones	עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם	‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self
and buried them	וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ	way·yiq·bə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6912 bury
under	תַֽחַת־	ṯa·ḥaṯ-	Preposition	H8478 the under part
the tamarisk tree	הָאֶ֖שֶׁל	hā·’e·šel	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H815 tamarisk tree, grove
in Jabesh	בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה	bə·yā·ḇê·šāh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H3003 Jobesh
and they fasted	וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ	way·yā·ṣu·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6684 abstain from food, fast
seven	שִׁבְעַ֥ת	šiḇ·‘aṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H7651 seven
days	יָמִֽים׃פ	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day

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1 Samuel 31:12 2 Chronicles 16:14 · Jeremiah 34:5 · 2 Samuel 2:4–7 · Amos 6:10

1 Samuel 31:13 Genesis 50:10 · 2 Samuel 21:12–14 · 2 Samuel 1:12 · 1 Samuel 22:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.