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Davidלְדָוִדwas toldוַיֻּגַּדwhatאֲשֶׁרRizpahרִצְפָּהdaughterבַתof Aiah,אַיָּהthe concubineפִּלֶגֶשׁof Saul,שָׁאוּלhad done.עָשְׂתָה
2 Samuel 21:11
Study it in the app“David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 21:11, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- 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- the concubineפִּלֶגֶשׁpilegesh
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilegesh” appears- of Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- had doneעָשְׂתָהasta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asta” appears
The context
10Rizpah 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the lords of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck Saul on Gilboa.