Rizpahרִצְפָּהdaughterבַתof Aiahאַיָּהtookוַתִּקַּחthe sackclothהַשַּׂקand spread itוַתַּטֵּהוּfor herselfלָהּonאֶלthe rock,הַצּוּרfrom the beginningמִתְּחִלַּתof harvestקָצִירuntilעַדwaterמַיִםpouredנִתַּךְon themעֲלֵיהֶםfromמִןthe heavens;הַשָּׁמָיִםand she did notוְלֹאallowנָתְנָהthe birdsעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםto settleלָנוּחַon themעֲלֵיהֶםby day,יוֹמָםorוְthe animalsחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהby night.לָיְלָה
2 Samuel 21:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 21:10, word by word
- Rizpahרִצְפָּהritspa
Rizpah
Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, daughter of Aiah (2 Samuel 3:7; 21:8-11).
Where else “ritspa” appears- daughterבַתvat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appears- of Aiahאַיָּהaya
Aiah
Aiah, a grandson of Seir; also the father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine.
Where else “aya” appears- tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- the sackclothשַּׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- and spread itתַּטֵּtate
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “tate” appears- the rockצּוּרtsur
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsur” appears- from the beginningתְּחִלַּתtechilat
beginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techilat” appears- of harvestקָצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- pouredנִתַּךְnitach
pour out
To gush out, like water or God's wrath.
Where else “nitach” appears- the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- allowנָתְנָהnatna
let
To let something happen.
Where else “natna” appears- the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- to settleנוּחַnuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “nuach” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- the animalsחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
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.
10 · This verse (above)
11David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.