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“The beauty,הַצְּבִיO Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלliesslainחָלָלonעַלyour high places.בָּמוֹתֶיךָHowאֵיךְthe mightyגִבּוֹרִיםhave fallen!נָפְלוּ
2 Samuel 1:19
Study it in the app““The beauty, O Israel, lies slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen!”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 1:19, word by word
- “The beautyצְּבִיtsevi
splendor
What gives splendor: "the glorious land".
Where else “tsevi” appears- O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- slainחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears- your high placesבָּמוֹתֶיbamote
heights
The highest points of the earth or the clouds, trodden only by one who rules.
Where else “bamote” appears- the mightyגִבּוֹרִיםgiborim
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appears- have fallenנָפְלוּnaflu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “naflu” appears
Translation note
“The beauty” (what was most beautiful and admired in Israel) translates a word that also means “gazelle.”
The context
18and he said to teach the sons of Judah the song of the Bow. Look, it is written in the Book of the Upright:
19 · This verse (above)
20Do not report it in Gath, do not carry the news to the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.