1 Samuel 31:12
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
פֶּגֶר
peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
English grammatical function word ('bethshan'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalen...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָבֵשׁ
Yâbêsh
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('bethshan'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are r...
Study GRAM →יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
Study H3003 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →פֶּגֶר peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
Study H6297 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apo...
But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have p...
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shal...
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