The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 10:10 Explained

1 Chronicles 10:10

KJV: And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

YLT: and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.

Darby: And they put his armour in the house of their god, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

ASV: And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they put  his armour  in the house  of their gods,  and fastened  his head  in the temple  of Dagon. 

What does 1 Chronicles 10:10 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 10:10 mean?

And they put - his armor in the temple of their gods and his head fastened of Dagon -
וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ אֶת־ כֵּלָ֔יו בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם וְאֶת־ גֻּלְגָּלְתּ֥וֹ תָקְע֖וּ דָּגֽוֹן ס

וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙  And  they  put 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
כֵּלָ֔יו  his  armor 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
בֵּ֖ית  in  the  temple 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם  of  their  gods 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
גֻּלְגָּלְתּ֥וֹ  his  head 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גֻּלְגֹּלֶת  
Sense: head, poll, skull.
תָקְע֖וּ  fastened 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: תֹּוקְעִים 
Sense: to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast.
דָּגֽוֹן  of  Dagon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּגֹון  
Sense: a Philistine deity of fertility; represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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