| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 21:12:1 ⧉וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvayelekhand he went 2 Samuel 21:12:2 ⧉דָּוִ֗דdavidDavid 2 Samuel 21:12:3 ⧉וַיִּקַּ֞חvayikkakhand he took 2 Samuel 21:12:4 ⧉אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹתetatsemot{direct object marker} bones of 2 Samuel 21:12:5 ⧉שָׁאוּל֙shaulSaul 2 Samuel 21:12:6 ⧉וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת֙veetatsemotand {direct object marker} bones of 2 Samuel 21:12:7 ⧉יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanJonathan 2 Samuel 21:12:8 ⧉בְּנ֔וֹbenohis son 2 Samuel 21:12:9 ⧉מֵאֵ֕תmeetfrom with 2 Samuel 21:12:10 ⧉בַּעֲלֵ֖יbaalethe owners of or the men of 2 Samuel 21:12:11 ⧉יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveshJabesh 2 Samuel 21:12:12 ⧉גִּלְעָ֑דgiladGilead 2 Samuel 21:12:13 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֩asherwho or which 2 Samuel 21:12:14 ⧉גָּנְב֨וּganvuthey stole 2 Samuel 21:12:15 ⧉אֹתָ֜םotamthem 2 Samuel 21:12:16 ⧉מֵרְחֹ֣בmerkhovfrom {the} open place or street 2 Samuel 21:12:17 ⧉בֵּֽית־שַׁ֗ןbetshanBeth-shan 2 Samuel 21:12:18 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherwhere 2 Samuel 21:12:19 ⧉תלוםtalomTALOM {unvocalized form in source text} 2 Samuel 21:12:20 ⧉תְּלָא֥וּםtelaumthey hanged them 2 Samuel 21:12:21 ⧉שםshamthere 2 Samuel 21:12:22 ⧉הפלשתיםhafeleshimthe Philistines {unvocalized form in source text} 2 Samuel 21:12:23 ⧉שָׁ֙מָּה֙shammathere 2 Samuel 21:12:24 ⧉פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpelishtimPhilistines 2 Samuel 21:12:25 ⧉בְּי֨וֹםbeyomin {the} day of 2 Samuel 21:12:26 ⧉הַכּ֧וֹתhakhotthe striking 2 Samuel 21:12:27 ⧉פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםpelishtimPhilistines 2 Samuel 21:12:28 ⧉אֶת־שָׁא֖וּלetshaul{direct object marker} Saul 2 Samuel 21:12:29 ⧉בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃bagilboain Gilboa |
| 12. Formal Translation And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the plaza of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day that the Philistines struck Saul in Gilboa. |
| 12. Dynamic Translation David went and recovered the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh Gilead. They had taken the remains from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them after they struck Saul down in Gilboa. |