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2 Samuel 1:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.


2 Samuel 1:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 1:2119 words
HebrewMeaning
הָרֵ֣יhārēy
O mountainsnounH2022
mount · promotion
בַ/גִּלְבֹּ֗עַbagiləbōʿa
in GilboapronH1533
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
טַ֧לṭal
dewnounH2919
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
מָטָ֛רmāṭār
rainnounH4306
עֲלֵי/כֶ֖םʿălēykem
be on youpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וּ/שְׂדֵ֣יwśədēy
and fields ofconjH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
תְרוּמֹ֑תtərwmōt
contributionsnounH8641
heave offering · oblation · offered
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָׁ֤םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
נִגְעַל֙nigəʿal
it was defiledverbH1602
fail · lothe · vilely cast away
מָגֵ֣ןmāgēn
the shield ofnounH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
גִּבּוֹרִ֔יםgibwōriym
the mighty onesadjH1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
מָגֵ֣ןmāgēn
the shield ofnounH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
שָׁא֔וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
בְּלִ֖יbəliy
notparticleH1097
ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···
מָשִׁ֥יחַmāšiyḥa
was anointednounH4899
Messiah
בַּ/שָּֽׁמֶןbašāmen
with oilpronH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago
Trusting God's timing - 2 Samuel 1
This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circum...
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