2 Samuel

2 Samuel 4:10

¹⁰when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
someone told	הַמַּגִּיד֩	ham·mag·gîḏ	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
me	לִ֨י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
Look	הִנֵּה־	hin·nêh-	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
Saul	שָׁא֗וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
is dead	מֵ֣ת	mêṯ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
and thought	בְּעֵינָ֔יו	bə·‘ê·nāw	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H5869 eye
he	וְהֽוּא־	wə·hū-	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
was	הָיָ֤ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a bearer of good news	כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙	ḵim·ḇaś·śêr	Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1319 bear tidings
I seized	וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה	wā·’ō·ḥă·zāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession
him	ב֔וֹ	ḇōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
and put him to death	וָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּ	wā·’eh·rə·ḡê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H2026 kill, slay
at Ziklag	בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג	bə·ṣiq·lāḡ	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6860 Tsiklag, Tsikelag
That	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
was his reward	לְתִתִּי־	lə·ṯit·tî-	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
for	בְּשֹׂרָֽה׃	bə·śō·rāh	Noun - feminine singular	H1309 tidings

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2 Samuel 1:2–16

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