| 9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 21:9:1 ⧉וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞םvayitnemand he gave them 2 Samuel 21:9:2 ⧉בְּיַ֣דbeyadinto the hand of 2 Samuel 21:9:3 ⧉הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗יםhagivonimthe Gibeonites 2 Samuel 21:9:4 ⧉וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤םvayokiemand they impaled them 2 Samuel 21:9:5 ⧉בָּהָר֙baharon the mountain 2 Samuel 21:9:6 ⧉לִפְנֵ֣יlifnebefore 2 Samuel 21:9:7 ⧉יְהוָ֔הyahwehthe LORD 2 Samuel 21:9:8 ⧉וַיִּפְּל֥וּvayipluand they fell 2 Samuel 21:9:9 ⧉שבעתיםshevatimseven times 2 Samuel 21:9:10 ⧉שְׁבַעְתָּ֖םshevattamthe seven of them 2 Samuel 21:9:11 ⧉יָ֑חַדyakhadtogether 2 Samuel 21:9:12 ⧉והםvehemand they 2 Samuel 21:9:13 ⧉וְהֵ֨מָּהvehemaand they 2 Samuel 21:9:14 ⧉הֻמְת֜וּhumtewere put to death 2 Samuel 21:9:15 ⧉בִּימֵ֤יbimein the days of 2 Samuel 21:9:16 ⧉קָצִיר֙katsirharvest 2 Samuel 21:9:17 ⧉בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםbarishonimin the first ones or first days 2 Samuel 21:9:18 ⧉תחלתtekheletbeginning of 2 Samuel 21:9:19 ⧉בִתְחִלַּ֖תvithekhillatin the beginning of 2 Samuel 21:9:20 ⧉קְצִ֥ירketsirharvest of 2 Samuel 21:9:21 ⧉שְׂעֹרִֽים׃seorimbarleys |
| 9. Formal Translation And he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the hill before the LORD {Yahweh, Supreme Arbiter}, and all seven fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest. |
| 9. Dynamic Translation He delivered them to the Gibeonites, who killed them on the hill in front of the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Judge}. All seven fell together during the early days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning. |