2 Samuel 21:10

“Rizpah daughter of Aiah took the sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the heavens to settle on them by day, or the animals of the field by night.”

2 Samuel 21:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 21:10, word by word

Rizpahרִצְפָּהritspa

Rizpah

Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, daughter of Aiah (2 Samuel 3:7; 21:8-11).

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daughterבַתvat

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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of Aiahאַיָּהaya

Aiah

Aiah, a grandson of Seir; also the father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine.

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tookתִּקַּחtikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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the sackclothשַּׂקsak

sackcloth

Rough cloth worn in mourning.

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and spread itתַּטֵּtate

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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the rockצּוּרtsur

rock

A large rock.

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from the beginningתְּחִלַּתtechilat

beginning

Beginning, start; "at first".

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of harvestקָצִירkatsir

harvest

To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.

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waterמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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pouredנִתַּךְnitach

pour out

To gush out, like water or God's wrath.

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the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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allowנָתְנָהnatna

let

To let something happen.

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the birdsעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

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to settleנוּחַnuach

rest

To stay still and settle in a place.

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by dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

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the animalsחַיַּתchayat

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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by nightלָיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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The context

9and he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before YHWH. The seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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11David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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