1 Samuel 31:9
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Berean Study Bible
They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.

Young's Literal Translation
and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;

King James Bible
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people.

Hebrew
They cut off
וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ֙ (way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

Saul’s head,
רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

stripped off
וַיַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ (way·yap̄·šî·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid

his armor,
כֵּלָ֑יו (kê·lāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

and sent
וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ (way·šal·lə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

messengers throughout the land
בְאֶֽרֶץ־ (ḇə·’e·reṣ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of the Philistines
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

to proclaim the news
לְבַשֵּׂ֛ר (lə·ḇaś·śêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1319: To be fresh, full, cheerful), to announce

in the temples
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of their idols
עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·ṣab·bê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6091: An, image

and among their people.
הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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