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1 Samuel 31:13

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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וַיִּקְחוּ֙vayiqchvand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םatsmoteyhembodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּvayiqbervand buryקָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bury”, the next action in the storyH6912to inter[idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).תַֽחַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.הָאֶ֖שֶׁלhaeshelthe groveאֵשֶׁלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the grove”, the ordinary formH815a tamarisk tree; by extension, a grove of any kindgrove, tree.בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁהbeyaveshahin Jobeshיָבֵשׁpreposition, noun, proper name, directional ending — “in Jobesh”H3003Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in PalestineJobesh (-Gilead).וַיָּצֻ֖מוּvayatsumvand fastצוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and fast”, the next action in the storyH6684to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast[idiom] at all, fast.שִׁבְעַ֥תshivatsevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “seven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).יָמִֽיםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

World English Bible

They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Darby Translation

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Douay-Rheims

And they took their bones and buried them in the wood of Jabes: and fasted seven days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabis, and fast seven days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λαμβάνουσιν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν, καὶ θάπτουσιν ὑπὸ τὴν ἄρουραν τὴν ἐν Ἰαβὶς, καὶ νηστεύουσιν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας.

American Standard Version (1901)

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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