The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 10:11 Explained

1 Chronicles 10:11

KJV: And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

YLT: And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul,

Darby: And when all they of Jabesh-Gilead heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

ASV: And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when all Jabeshgilead  heard  all that the Philistines  had done  to Saul, 

What does 1 Chronicles 10:11 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 10:11 mean?

And when heard all Jabesh Gilead Gilead - all that had done the Philistines to Saul
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ כֹּ֖ל יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֵ֛ת כָּל־ אֲשֶׁר־ עָשׂ֥וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לְשָׁאֽוּל

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ  And  when  heard 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
יָבֵ֣ישׁ  Jabesh  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָבֵשׁ 
Sense: a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (0 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern ‘Wadi Yabes’.
גִּלְעָ֑ד  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
אֵ֛ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עָשׂ֥וּ  had  done 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים  the  Philistines 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan.
לְשָׁאֽוּל  to  Saul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁאוּל  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.

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