1 Samuel 31:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Young's Literal Translation
and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, ‘Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come—these uncircumcised—and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;’ and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

King James Bible
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

Hebrew
Then Saul
שָׁאוּל֩ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to his armor-bearer,
לְנֹשֵׂ֨א (lə·nō·śê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

“Draw
שְׁלֹ֥ף (šə·lōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 8025: To pull out, up, off

your sword
חַרְבְּךָ֣ ׀ (ḥar·bə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and run it through me,
וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי (wə·ḏā·qə·rê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1856: To stab, to starve, to revile

or
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

these
הָאֵ֤לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

uncircumcised men
הָעֲרֵלִ֨ים (hā·‘ă·rê·lîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6189: Having foreskin (uncircumcised)

will come
יָ֠בוֹאוּ (yā·ḇō·w·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and run me through
וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙ (ū·ḏə·qā·ru·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 1856: To stab, to starve, to revile

and torture
וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ (wə·hiṯ·‘al·lə·lū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5953: To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose

me!”
בִ֔י (ḇî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

But the armor-bearer
נֹשֵׂ֣א (nō·śê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

refused,
אָבָה֙ (’ā·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he was terrified.
יָרֵ֖א (yā·rê)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

So Saul
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

took
וַיִּקַּ֤ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

his own sword
הַחֶ֔רֶב (ha·ḥe·reḇ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and fell
וַיִּפֹּ֖ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

on it.
עָלֶֽיהָ׃ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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