Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 16:6
“And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סָקַלçâqal · saw-kal'
H5619 · Hebrew
H5619 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְסַקֵּ֤ל — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 8:22Exodus 17:4Exodus 19:13Exodus 19:13Exodus 21:28
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 סָקַל 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.