King James Version
2 Samuel 11:26 in the King James Version says “And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.”
2 Samuel 11:26 · KJV
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. displease: Heb. be evil in thine eyes one: Heb. so and such
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
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“heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“her husband”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“she mourned”
H5594properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for her husband”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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