The Meaning of 2 Samuel 1:17 Explained

2 Samuel 1:17

KJV: And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

YLT: And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

Darby: And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

ASV: And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 1:17?

MEANING: What does 2 Samuel 1:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 1:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 2 Samuel 1:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David  lamented  with this lamentation  over Saul  and over Jonathan  his son: 

What does 2 Samuel 1:17 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 1:17-27 - The Song Of The Bow
This noble poem is unrivaled. It is a perfect model of a funeral dirge. It is in poetry what Händel's Dead March in Saul is in music. The psalmist is borne along both by art and affection. He could not have composed this song unless he had been a consummate artist, and unless he had drunk deep of that divine love which believes, bears, hopes and endures all things and never fails.
He forgets all that he has suffered. His love refuses to consider anything but what has been pleasant and lovely in his liege lord. And for Jonathan there is a special stanza. A brother soul! The Philistines had felt David's might, but his friend had tasted his sweetness! Terrible as a whirlwind in flight, yet winsome as a woman! But if human love can impute only good to those who are the objects of its affection, what will not God's love say of us, feel toward us and impute to us! Here is a clue to the exceeding riches of the love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sins! [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 1

1  The Amalekite who accused himself of Saul's death is slain
17  David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 1:17 mean?

And lamented David with lamentation this over Saul and over Jonathan his son
וַיְקֹנֵ֣ן דָּוִ֔ד אֶת־ הַקִּינָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את עַל־ שָׁא֖וּל וְעַל־ יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנֽוֹ

וַיְקֹנֵ֣ן  And  lamented 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קֹונֵן 
Sense: to chant a dirge, chant, wail, lament.
דָּוִ֔ד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הַקִּינָ֖ה  lamentation 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִינָה  
Sense: lamentation, dirge, elegy.
הַזֹּ֑את  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שָׁא֖וּל  Saul 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁאוּל  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
וְעַל־  and  over 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן  Jonathan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹונָתָן  
Sense: a son of king Saul and a friend of David.
בְּנֽוֹ  his  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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