The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 10:5 Explained

1 Chronicles 10:5

KJV: And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

YLT: and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;

Darby: And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

ASV: And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when his armourbearer  saw  that Saul  was dead,  he fell  likewise on the sword,  and died. 

What does 1 Chronicles 10:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 10

1  Saul's overthrow and death
8  The Philistines triumph over Saul
11  The kindness of Jabesh Gilead toward Saul and his sons
13  Saul's sin for which the kingdom was transferred from him to David

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 10:5 mean?

And when saw bearer his armorbearer that was dead Saul and fell also he on his sword and died -
וַיַּ֥רְא נֹשֵֽׂא־ כֵלָ֖יו כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת שָׁא֑וּל וַיִּפֹּ֥ל גַּם־ ה֛וּא עַל־ הַחֶ֖רֶב וַיָּמֹֽת ס

וַיַּ֥רְא  And  when  saw 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
נֹשֵֽׂא־  bearer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
כֵלָ֖יו  his  armorbearer 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
כִּ֣י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מֵ֣ת  was  dead 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
שָׁא֑וּל  Saul 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁאוּל  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל  and  fell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
הַחֶ֖רֶב  his  sword 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
וַיָּמֹֽת  and  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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