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1 Samuel 31:13

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← 1 Samuel 31:12	1 Samuel 31:13 (KJV)	2 Samuel 1:1 →
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.	And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.	Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they took^H3947 their bones^H6106, and buried^H6912 them under a tree^H815 at Jabesh^H3003, and fasted^H6684 seven^H7651 days^H3117.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־עַצְמֹתֵיהֶם וַיִּקְבְּרוּ תַחַת־הָאֶשֶׁל בְּיָבֵשָׁה וַיָּצֻמוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקְחוּ֙	va/i.yik.Chu	H3947	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they took
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עַצְמֹ֣תֵי/הֶ֔ם	'atz.Mo.tei./Hem	H6106	HNcfpc/Sp3mp	bones/ their
וַ/יִּקְבְּר֥וּ	va/i.yik.be.Ru	H6912	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they buried (them)
תַֽחַת	ta.chat-	H8478	HR	under
הָ/אֶ֖שֶׁל	ha./'E.shel	H815	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ tamarisk tree
בְּ/יָבֵ֑שָׁ/ה	be./ya.Ve.sha/h	H3003	HR/Np/Sd	at/ Jabesh/ (towards)
וַ/יָּצֻ֖מוּ	va/i.ya.Tzu.mu	H6684	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they fasted
שִׁבְעַ֥ת	shiv.'At	H7651	HAcmsc	seven
יָמִֽים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H815 — אֵשֶׁל (ʼêshel, ay'-shel): from a root of uncertain signification; a tamarisk tree; by extension, a grove of any kind; grove, tree.
• H3003 — יָבֵשׁ (Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'): the same as יָבֵשׁ (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of גִּלְעָד, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine; Jobesh (-Gilead).
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H6106 — עֶצֶם (ʻetsem, eh'tsem): from עָצַם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
• H6684 — צוּם (tsûwm, tsoom): a primitive root; to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast; [idiom] at all, fast.
• H6912 — קָבַר (qâbar, kaw-bar'): a primitive root; to inter; [idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• fasted seven — Genesis 50:10
• their bones — Genesis 35:8, 2 Samuel 2:4-5, 2 Samuel 21:12-14

Reciprocal references (2): Psalms 32:3, Psalms 108:11

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DEAD, THE, SELF-INDULGENCE-SELF-DENIAL
• Torrey’s: FASTING
• Nave’s: BURIAL, FASTING, JABESH-GILEAD, JONATHAN, MOURNING, SEVEN

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