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2 Samuel 1:1

וַיְהִ֗י
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
אַֽחֲרֵי֙
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מ֣וֹת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
שָׁא֔וּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
וְדָוִ֣ד
Dâvid
and — David, the youngest son of Jesse
שָׁ֔ב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
מֵהַכּ֖וֹת
nâkâh
from — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הָעֲמָלֵ֑ק
ʻĂmâlêq
the — Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב
yâshab
and — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
דָּוִ֛ד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
בְּצִקְלָ֖ג
Tsiqlag
in/with/by — Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
יָמִ֥ים
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
שְׁנָֽיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
2 Samuel 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
Now it happened after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that he stayed two days in Ziklag.
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Now it happened after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that he stayed two days in Ziklag.
2 Samuel 1:1
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