2 Samuel 1:19 Go deeper
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The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! (KJV)
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הַצְּבִי֙ha.tze.Vithe beauty
Lemma: צְבִי (tse.vi) · Strong's: H6643A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: beauty
Used 19 times. Also: Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 23:9, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 28:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6643A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 1
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElO Israel
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 2
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 1:19 word 3
בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָba.mo.Tei.khahigh places your
Lemma: בָּמָה (ba.mah) · Strong's: H1116
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: high place
Used 99 times. Also: Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 33:29, 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 9:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1116; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 4
חָלָ֑לcha.Lal[is] slain
Lemma: חָלָל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2491A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: slain: killed
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 34:27, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2491A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 5
אֵ֖יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 6
נָפְל֥וּna.fe.Luthey have fallen
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 7
גִבּוֹרִֽים\׃gi.bo.Rim[the] mighty [ones]
Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: mighty man
Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT 2 Samuel 1:19 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Your glory | → | צְבִי H6643A beauty |
| O Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| lies slain | → | חָלָל H2491A slain: killed |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| your heights | → | בָּמָה H1116 high place |
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| the mighty | → | גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man |
| have fallen | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
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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