2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:21

²¹O mountains of Gilboa,

may you have no dew or rain,

no fields yielding offerings of grain.^c

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

Footnotes

c 1:21 Or no showers falling on your terraced fields; LXX no fields of firstfruits; Hebrew no fields of offerings

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O mountains	הָרֵ֣י	hā·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
of Gilboa	בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ	ḇag·gil·bō·a‘	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1533 Gilboa`
may you have	עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם	‘ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5921 height
no	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
dew	טַ֧ל	ṭal	Noun - masculine singular	H2919 night-mist, dew
or rain	מָטָ֛ר	mā·ṭār	Noun - masculine singular	H4306 rain
no fields	וּשְׂדֵ֣י	ū·śə·ḏê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H7704 id.
offerings	תְרוּמֹ֑ת	ṯə·rū·mōṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8641 contribution, offering
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
there	שָׁ֤ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
the shield	מָגֵ֣ן	mā·ḡên	Noun - common singular construct	H4043 shield
of the mighty	גִּבּוֹרִ֔ים	gib·bō·w·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H1368 strong, mighty
was defiled	נִגְעַל֙	niḡ·‘al	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1602 abhor, loathe
the shield	מָגֵ֣ן	mā·ḡên	Noun - common singular construct	H4043 shield
of Saul	שָׁא֔וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
no longer	בְּלִ֖י	bə·lî	Adverb	H1097 wearing out
anointed	מָשִׁ֥יחַ	mā·šî·aḥ	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H4899 anointed
with oil	בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃	baš·šā·men	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.