Study it in the app“The young man who was reporting it to him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and look, Saul was leaning on his spear; and look, the chariots and the horsemen were following him closely.”
The young manהַנַּעַרwho was reporting itהַמַּגִּידto himלוֹsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“By chanceנִקְרֹאI happened to beנִקְרֵיתִיon MountבְּהַרGilboa,הַגִּלְבֹּעַand look,וְהִנֵּהSaulשָׁאוּלwas leaningנִשְׁעָןonעַלhis spear;חֲנִיתוֹand look,וְהִנֵּהthe chariotsהָרֶכֶבand the horsemenוּבַעֲלֵי הַפָּרָשִׁיםwere following him closely.הִדְבִּקֻהוּ
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “magid” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbefall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “nikro” appearsbefall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “nikreti” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsGilboa
See it on the mapWhere else “gilboa” appearsSaul
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” appearslean
To rest one's weight upon something that holds one up.
Where else “nishan” appearsspear
A spear: a long weapon with a point, for striking at close range or for throwing.
Where else “chanit” appearschariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appearsone having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “vaale” appearshorseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appearsovertake
To pursue someone closely, right behind, until catching up.
Where else “hidbiku” appearsThis account by the Amalekite does not agree with the one in 1 Samuel 31:3-5, where Saul falls on his own sword. The text records what the man said, without asserting that it was true.
Gilboa
Today: Mount Gilboa, northern West Bank and Israel
A mountain range at the south edge of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
Saul and his sons died there in battle against the Philistines (1 Sam 31:1-6). David mourned them (2 Sam 1:21).
5David said to the young man who was reporting it to him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
6 · This verse (above)
7He turned back and saw me and called to me, and I said, ‘Here I am.’
