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2 Samuel 1:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.


2 Samuel 1:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 1:2312 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁא֣וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וִ/יהוֹנָתָ֗ןwiyhwōnātān
Jonathan. CompareconjH3083
הַ/נֶּאֱהָבִ֤יםhaneʾĕhābiym
love(-dparticleH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
וְ/הַ/נְּעִימִם֙wəhanəʿiymim
pleasantconjH5273
sweet
בְּ/חַיֵּי/הֶ֔םbəḥayēyhem
alivepronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וּ/בְ/מוֹתָ֖/םwbəmwōtām
deadconjH4194
death · die
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נִפְרָ֑דוּnipərādw
disperseverbH6504
divide · be out of joint · part · scatter ···
מִ/נְּשָׁרִ֣יםminəšāriym
eaglepronH5404
קַ֔לּוּqalw
abateverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
מֵ/אֲרָי֖וֹתmēʾărāywōt
lionpronH738
pierce
גָּבֵֽרוּgābērw
exceedverbH1396
confirm · be great · be mighty · prevail ···
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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