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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי‘Stand,עֲמָדplease,נָאover meעָלַיand put me to death,וּמֹתְתֵנִיforכִּיagonyהַשָּׁבָץhas seized me,אֲחָזַנִיforכִּיallכָלmy lifeנַפְשִׁיisstillעוֹדin me.’בִּי
2 Samuel 1:9
Study it in the app“He said to me, ‘Stand, please, over me and put me to death, for agony has seized me, for all my life is still in me.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 1:9, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- ‘Standעֲמָדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- and put me to deathמֹתְתֵmotte
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “motte” appears- agonyשָּׁבָץshavats
agony, cramp
A word that appears only once (2 Samuel 1:9): a dizziness, cramp or agony that takes hold of someone. Its exact sense is not certain.
Where else “shavats” appears- has seized meאֲחָזַachaza
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achaza” appears- my lifeנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears
Translation note
“Agony” translates a word that appears only here; it may be a cramp, dizziness, or the anguish of death.
The context
8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I said to him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 · This verse (above)
10So I stood over him and put him to death, for I knew that he would not live after his fall; and I took the diadem that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”