2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:2

²On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
On the third	הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י	haš·šə·lî·šî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7992 third
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
a man	אִ֨ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
with torn	קְרֻעִ֔ים	qə·ru·‘îm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H7167 tear
clothes	וּבְגָדָ֣יו	ū·ḇə·ḡā·ḏāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H899 treachery
and dust	וַאֲדָמָ֖ה	wa·’ă·ḏā·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his head	רֹאשׁ֑וֹ	rō·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7218 head
arrived	בָּ֤א	bā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Saul’s	שָׁא֔וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙	ham·ma·ḥă·neh	Article; Noun - common singular	H4264 encampment, camp
When he came	בְּבֹא֣וֹ	bə·ḇō·’ōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
David	דָּוִ֔ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
he fell	וַיִּפֹּ֥ל	way·yip·pōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie
to the ground	אַ֖רְצָה	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
to pay him homage	וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃	way·yiš·tā·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7812 bow down

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.