2 Samuel 3:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְשָׁא֣וּל פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁ וּשְׁמָ֖הּ רִצְפָּ֣ה בַת־אַיָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אַבְנֵ֔ר מַדּ֥וּעַ בָּ֖אתָה אֶל־פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁ אָבִֽי׃

Transliteration

and-to-šā'ûl pîlegeš and-šemāh riṣpāh bat-'ayyāh and-yō'mer to-'abnēr maddûa' bā'tāh to-pîlegeš 'ābî

Grammar Details

• *šā'ûl*: proper noun with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for Saul
• *pîlegeš*: noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition el - to concubine of
• *šemāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her name
• *riṣpāh*: proper noun - Rizpah
• *bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
• *'ayyāh*: proper noun - Aiah
• *yō'mer*: qal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *'abnēr*: proper noun with prefixed preposition el - to Abner
• *maddûa'*: interrogative adverb - why
• *bā'tāh*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you came/went in
• *'ābî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st common singular suffix - my father

Word Meanings

• *pîlegeš*: concubine/secondary wife
• *bā'tāh*: went in to/had relations with/approached

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah. Ishbosheth said to Abner, 'Why have you slept with my father's concubine?'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Saul had a concubyne, whose name was Rispa the doughter of Aia. And Isboseth sayde vnto Abner: Wherfore liest thou with my fathers concubyne?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiiah; Ish-bosheth sayde to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in to my fathers concubine?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Saul had a concubine named Rispha, the daughter of Ahia: And Isboseth sayd to Abner, Wherfore hast thou gone in vnto my fathers concubine?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Saul hath a concubine, and her name `is' Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and `Ish-Bosheth' saith unto Abner, `Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and `Ish-bosheth' said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, "Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. Ish-bosheth said to Abner,“Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 21:8-9 : 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD; and they all seven fell together and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. 10 And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and allowed neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
• 2 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all who are with you be strong. 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
• 2 Sam 12:8 : 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more.
• 1 Kgs 2:17 : 17 And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.
• 1 Kgs 2:21-22 : 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife. 22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.