1 Samuel

1 Samuel 31:3–4

³When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

⁴Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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1 Samuel 31:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the battle	הַמִּלְחָמָה֙	ham·mil·ḥā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
intensified	וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד	wat·tiḵ·baḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
against	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Saul	שָׁא֔וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
the archers	הַמּוֹרִ֖ים	ham·mō·w·rîm	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H3384 throw, shoot
overtook him	וַיִּמְצָאֻ֥הוּ	way·yim·ṣā·’u·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
and wounded him	וַיָּ֥חֶל	way·yā·ḥel	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2342 whirl, dance, writhe
critically	מְאֹ֖ד	mə·’ōḏ	Adverb	H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly

1 Samuel 31:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Saul	שָׁאוּל֩	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to his armor-bearer	לְנֹשֵׂ֨א	lə·nō·śê	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H5375 lift, take, carry
Draw	שְׁלֹ֥ף	šə·lōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8025 draw out, off
your sword	חַרְבְּךָ֣׀	ḥar·bə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2719 sword
and run me through	וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי	wə·ḏā·qə·rê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H1856 pierce, pierce through
with it	בָ֗הּ	ḇāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
or	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
these	הָאֵ֤לֶּה	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
uncircumcised men	הָעֲרֵלִ֨ים	hā·‘ă·rê·lîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H6189 having foreskin
will come	יָ֠בוֹאוּ	yā·ḇō·w·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and run me through	וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙	ū·ḏə·qā·ru·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H1856 pierce, pierce through
and torture	וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־	wə·hiṯ·‘al·lə·lū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5953 act severely
me	בִ֔י	ḇî	Preposition; first person common singular
But his armor-bearer	נֹשֵׂ֣א	nō·śê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H5375 lift, take, carry
was terrified	יָרֵ֖א	yā·rê	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3372 fear
and refused	וְלֹ֤א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to do it	אָבָה֙	’ā·ḇāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H14 be willing, consent
So Saul	שָׁאוּל֙	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
took	וַיִּקַּ֤ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
his own sword	הַחֶ֔רֶב	ha·ḥe·reḇ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
and fell	וַיִּפֹּ֖ל	way·yip·pōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie
on it	עָלֶֽיהָ׃	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height

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1 Samuel 31:3 2 Samuel 1:6

1 Samuel 31:4 Judges 9:54 · 2 Samuel 1:6 · 2 Samuel 1:9–10 · 2 Samuel 17:23 · 2 Samuel 1:20 · 1 Chronicles 10:4 · 1 Samuel 17:26 · 1 Samuel 14:6 · 1 Kings 16:27 · 2 Samuel 1:14 · 1 Samuel 17:36 · Judges 14:3

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