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DavidדָּוִדchantedוַיְקֹנֵןthisהַזֹּאתdirgeהַקִּינָהoverעַלSaulשָׁאוּלand overוְעַלJonathanיְהוֹנָתָןhis son,בְּנוֹ
2 Samuel 1:17
Study it in the app“David chanted this dirge over Saul and over Jonathan his son,”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 1:17, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- chantedיְקֹנֵןyekonen
chant a dirge
Chant a dirge, lament the dead in song.
Where else “yekonen” appears- dirgeקִּינָהkina
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yehonatan” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I put to death YHWH’s anointed.’”
17 · This verse (above)
18and he said to teach the sons of Judah the song of the Bow. Look, it is written in the Book of the Upright: