2 Samuel 4:10
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
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ASV
when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.
KJV
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
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Commentary
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | if | H3588 → |
| הַמַּגִּיד֩ | ha.ma.Gid | the [one who] told | H5046 → |
| לִ֨י | li | to <the> me | |
| לֵאמֹ֜ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| הִנֵּה־ | hi.neh- | here! | H2009 → |
| מֵ֣ת | met | he has died | H4191 → |
| שָׁא֗וּל | sha.'Ul | Saul | H7586 → |
| וְהֽוּא־ | ve.hu'- | and he | H1931 → |
| הָיָ֤ה | ha.Yah | he was | H1961 → |
| כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙ | khim.va.Ser | like a bearer of news | H1319 → |
| בְּעֵינָ֔יו | be.'ei.Nav | in own eyes his | H5869 → |
| וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה | va.'o.cha.Zah | and I took hold ! | H270 → |
| ב֔וֹ | vo | on <the> him | |
| וָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּ | va.'eh.re.Ge.hu | and I killed him | H2026 → |
| בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג | be.tzik.Lag | in Ziklag | H6860 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| לְתִתִּי־ | le.ti.ti- | to give I | H5414 → |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | |
| בְּשֹׂרָֽה׃ | be.so.Rah | good news | H1309 → |
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