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And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (KJV)
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וַיְקֹנֵ֣ןvay.ko.Nenand he lamented
Lemma: קִינֵן (qun) · Strong's: H6969
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to chant
Used 8 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:33, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Jeremiah 9:17, Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 32:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6969; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 1
דָּוִ֔דda.VidDavid
Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: David
Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 3
הַקִּינָ֖הha.ki.Nahthe lamentation
Lemma: קִינָה (qi.nah) · Strong's: H7015
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: dirge
Used 18 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 35:25, Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:20, Ezekiel 2:10, Ezekiel 19:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7015; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 4
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> this
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 5
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 6
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaul
Lemma: שָׁאוּל (sha.ul) · Strong's: H7586G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Saul
Used 397 times. Also: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 9:3, 1 Samuel 9:5, 1 Samuel 9:7, 1 Samuel 9:8, 1 Samuel 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7586G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 7
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 8
יְהוֹנָתָ֥ןye.ho.na.TanJonathan
Lemma: יְהוֹנָתָן (ye.ho.na.tan) · Strong's: H3083H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jonathan
Used 67 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:8, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 18:4, 1 Samuel 19:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3083H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 9
בְּנֽוֹ\׃be.Noson his
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:17 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then David | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| took up | → | קִינֵן H6969 to chant |
| this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| lament | → | קִינָה H7015 dirge |
| for | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| Saul | → | שָׁאוּל H7586G Saul |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and his son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| Jonathan | → | יְהוֹנָתָן H3083H Jonathan |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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