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2 Samuel 3:7

Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

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ASV

Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

KJV

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּלְשָׁא֣וּלu.le.sha.'Uland [belonged] to SaulH7586 →
פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁpi.Le.gesha concubineH6370 →
וּשְׁמָ֖הּu.she.Mahand name herH8034 →
רִצְפָּ֣הritz.Pah[was] RizpahH7532 →
בַת־vat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
אַיָּ֑ה'ai.YahAiahH345 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerAbnerH74 →
מַדּ֥וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
בָּ֖אתָהBa.tahhave you goneH935 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁpi.Le.gesh[the] concubine ofH6370 →
אָבִֽי׃'a.Vifather myH1 →

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2 Samuel 21:8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.2 Samuel 21:8–11But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.2 Samuel 21:10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.1 Kings 2:17Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”2 Samuel 12:8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.2 Samuel 16:21–22Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”1 Kings 2:21–22So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”Judges 19:1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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