Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 1:12
“And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5594 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- lament, mourn(-er), wail.
- Grammar
- וַֽ — conjunction
- יִּסְפְּדוּ֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 32 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 23:2Genesis 50:101 Samuel 25:11 Samuel 28:32 Samuel 3:31
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סָפַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.