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And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped on them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Reference
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: Ritspâh
Ritspah, an Israelitess
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: θυγάτηρ (thygátēr)
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
Hebrew: ʼAyâh
Ajah, the name of two Israelites
Greek: σάκκος (sákkos)
"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ὑποστρώννυμι (hypostrṓnnymi)
to strew underneath (the feet as a carpet)
Hebrew: parshêz
to expand
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ταύτῃ (taútēi)
(towards or of) this
Hebrew: ʼÔwn
On, an Israelite
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πέτρα (pétra)
a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: kêph
a hollow rock
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἀρχή (archḗ)
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
Hebrew: ʼâz
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
Greek: θερισμός (therismós)
reaping, i.e. the crop
Greek: ὕδωρ (hýdōr)
water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
Hebrew: zarzîyph
a pouring rain
Hebrew: ʼÔwn
On, an Israelite
Hebrew: galgal
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: οὔτε (oúte)
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: οὐρανός (ouranós)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
Hebrew: rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Greek: σαββατισμός (sabbatismós)
a "sabbatism", i.e. (figuratively) the repose of Christianity (as a type of heaven)
Hebrew: margôwaʻ
a resting place
Hebrew: ʼÔwn
On, an Israelite
Hebrew: ʻim
{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}
Greek: ὥρα (hṓra)
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: χωρίον (chōríon)
a spot or plot of ground
Hebrew: bar
a field
Hebrew: ʻim
{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}
Hebrew: lêylᵉyâʼ
{Lael an Israelite}
Verse Explanation
Rizpah, Saul's concubine and the mother of two of the executed men, took sackcloth and spread it on a rock. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until rain came, protecting the bodies from birds and wild animals. Her grief demonstrated extraordinary devotion and love for her children.
History
Rizpah's actions became one of the most memorable examples of mourning in Scripture.