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And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine? (KJV)
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וּלְשָׁא֣וּלu.le.sha.'Uland [belonged] to Saul
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 3:7 word 1
פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁpi.Le.gesha concubine
Lemma: פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ (pi.le.gesh) · Strong's: H6370
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: concubine
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 22:24, Genesis 25:6, Genesis 35:22, Genesis 36:12, Judges 8:31, Judges 19:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6370; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 2
וּשְׁמָ֖הּu.she.Mahand name her
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 3
רִצְפָּ֣הritz.Pah[was] Rizpah
Lemma: רִצְפָּה (rits.pah) · Strong's: H7532
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Rizpah
Used 4 times. Also: 2 Samuel 21:8, 2 Samuel 21:10, 2 Samuel 21:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7532; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 4
בַת\־vat-[the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 5
אַיָּ֑ה'ai.YahAiah
Lemma: אַיָּה (ay.yah) · Strong's: H0345H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Aiah
Used 4 times. Also: 2 Samuel 21:8, 2 Samuel 21:10, 2 Samuel 21:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0345H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 6
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 7
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 8
אַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerAbner
Lemma: אֲבִינֵר (av.ner) · Strong's: H0074
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abner
Used 63 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51, 1 Samuel 17:55, 1 Samuel 17:57, 1 Samuel 20:25, 1 Samuel 26:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0074; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 9
מַדּ֥וּעַma.Du.a'why?
Lemma: מַדּוּעַ (mad.du.a) · Strong's: H4069
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: why?
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 26:27, Genesis 40:7, Exodus 1:18, Exodus 2:18, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 5:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4069; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 10
בָּ֖אתָהBa.tahhave you gone
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 11
אֶל\־'el-into
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 12
פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁpi.Le.gesh[the] concubine of
Lemma: פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ (pi.le.gesh) · Strong's: H6370
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: concubine
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 22:24, Genesis 25:6, Genesis 35:22, Genesis 36:12, Judges 8:31, Judges 19:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6370; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 13
אָבִֽי\׃'a.Vifather my
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 3:7 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now Saul | → | שָׁאוּל H7586G Saul |
| had a concubine | → | פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ H6370 concubine |
| named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Rizpah | → | רִצְפָּה H7532 Rizpah |
| the daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of Aiah | → | אַיָּה H0345H Aiah |
| So Ish-bosheth questioned | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Abner | → | אֲבִינֵר H0074 Abner |
| Why | → | מַדּוּעַ H4069 why? |
| did you sleep with | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| my father’s | → | אָב H0001G father |
| concubine | → | פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ H6370 concubine |
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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