Study it in the app“let seven men of his sons be given to us, and we will hang them for YHWH at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of YHWH.” The king said, “I will give them.””
let sevenשִׁבְעָהmenאֲנָשִׁיםof his sonsמִבָּנָיוbe givenיֻתַּןto us,לָנוּand we will hang themוְהוֹקַעֲנוּםfor YHWHלַיהוָהat Gibeahבְּגִבְעַתof Saul,שָׁאוּלthe chosenבְּחִירof YHWH.”יְהוָהThe kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאֲנִיwill give them.”אֶתֵּן
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yutan” appearshang
To expose someone as punishment, suspended.
Where else “hokaanu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsGibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “givat” 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” appearschosen
Chosen, elect: the one someone has chosen. It is said of Saul, of Moses, of David, of the servant of YHWH and of the people of Israel as God's chosen.
Where else “bechir” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears“We will hang”: a rarely used Hebrew verb of uncertain meaning (Numbers 25:4); it indicates an execution in which the bodies remain exposed. The law said that sons were not to die for their fathers (Deuteronomy 24:16); the text tells what was done without explaining it.
5They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who planned against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in all the territory of Israel:
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7But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of YHWH that was between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
