On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes rent and earth on his head;aearth on his head Another sign of mourning. and as he approached David, he flung himself to the ground and bowed low.
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ויהי
31
ביום
58
השלישי
655
והנה
66
איש
311
בא
3
מןהמחנה
198
מעם
150
שאול
337
ובגדיו
31
קרעים
420
ואדמה
56
עלראשו
607
ויהי
31
בבאו
11
אלדוד
45
ויפל
126
ארצה
296
וישתחו
730
II Samuel 1:3
Gematria: 2306
ויאמרלודודאימזהתבואויאמראליוממחנהישראלנמלטתי
David said to him, “Where are you coming from?” He answered, “I have just escaped from the camp of Israel.”
“What happened?” asked David. “Tell me!” And he told him how the troops had fled the battlefield, and that, moreover, many of the troops had fallen and died; also that Saul and his son Jonathan were dead.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
אליו
47
דוד
14
מההיה
65
הדבר
211
הגדנא
63
לי
40
ויאמר
257
אשרנס
611
העם
115
מןהמלחמה
218
וגםהרבה
261
נפל
160
מןהעם
205
וימתו
462
וגם
49
שאול
337
ויהונתן
527
בנו
58
מתו
446
II Samuel 1:5
Gematria: 2632
ויאמרדודאלהנערהמגידלואיךידעתכימתשאולויהונתןבנו
“How do you know,” David asked the young man who brought him the news, “that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
The young man who brought him the news answered, “I happened to be at Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul leaning on his spear, and the chariots and riders closing in on him.
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ויאמר
257
הנער
325
המגיד
62
לו
36
נקרא
351
נקריתי
770
בהר
207
הגלבע
110
והנה
66
שאול
337
נשען
470
עלחניתו
574
והנה
66
הרכב
227
ובעלי
118
הפרשים
635
הדבקהו
122
II Samuel 1:7
Gematria: 1368
ויפןאחריוויראניויקראאליואמרהנני
He looked around and saw me, and he called to me. When I responded, ‘At your service,’
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ויפן
146
אחריו
225
ויראני
277
ויקרא
317
אלי
41
ואמר
247
הנני
115
II Samuel 1:8
Gematria: 1635
ויאמרלימיאתהויאמרואמראליועמלקיאנכי
he asked me, ‘Who are you?’ And I told him that I was an Amalekite.
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ויאמר
257
לי
40
מיאתה
456
ויאמר
257
ואמר
247
אליו
47
עמלקי
250
אנכי
81
II Samuel 1:9
Gematria: 2594
ויאמראליעמדנאעליומתתניכיאחזניהשבץכיכלעודנפשיבי
Then he said to me, ‘Stand over me, and finish me off, for I am in agony and am barely alive.’bfor I am in agony … alive Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
So I stood over him and finished him off, for I knew that he would never rise from where he was lying.che would never rise … lying Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Then I took the crown from his head and the armlet from his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
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ואעמד
121
עליו
116
ואמתתהו
858
כי
30
ידעתי
494
כי
30
לא
31
יחיה
33
אחרי
219
נפלו
166
ואקח
115
הנזר
262
אשר
501
עלראשו
607
ואצעדה
176
אשר
501
עלזרעו
383
ואביאם
60
אלאדני
96
הנה
60
II Samuel 1:11
Gematria: 2001
ויחזקדודבבגדוויקרעםוגםכלהאנשיםאשראתו
David took hold of his clothes and rent them, and so did all the men with him.
They lamented and wept, and they fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the soldiers of GOD dGOD Septuagint reads “Judah.” and the House of Israel who had fallen by the sword.
And David said to him, “Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I put GOD’s anointed to death.’”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
אליו
47
דוד
14
דמיך
74
דמך
64
עלראשך
621
כי
30
פיך
110
ענה
125
בך
22
לאמר
271
אנכי
81
מתתי
850
אתמשיח
759
יהוהפ
106
II Samuel 1:17
Gematria: 2336
ויקנןדודאתהקינההזאתעלשאולועליהונתןבנו
And David intoned this dirge over Saul and his son Jonathan—
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקנן
216
דוד
14
אתהקינה
571
הזאת
413
עלשאול
437
ועליהונתן
627
בנו
58
II Samuel 1:18
Gematria: 2701
ויאמרללמדבנייהודהקשתהנהכתובהעלספרהישר
He ordered the Judahites to be taught [The Song of the] Bow.eHe ordered the Judahites … Bow Meaning of Heb. uncertain. It is recorded in the Book of Jashar.fBook of Jashar See note at Josh. 10.13.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
ללמד
104
בנייהודה
92
קשת
800
הנה
60
כתובה
433
עלספר
440
הישר
515
II Samuel 1:19
Gematria: 1752
הצביישראלעלבמותיךחללאיךנפלוגבורים
Your glory, O Israel,Lies slain on your heights;How have the mighty fallen!
Tell it not in Gath,Do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,Lest the daughters of the Philistine rejoice,Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
O hills of Gilboa—Let there be no dew or rain on you,Or bountiful fields,gOr bountiful fields Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “springs from the deep” (cf. Ugaritic shrʻthmtm, and Gen. 7.11; 8.2). For there the shield of warriors lay rejected,The shield of Saul,Polished with oil no more.