1 Samuel 31:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

Young's Literal Translation
And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him—men with bow—and he is pained greatly by the archers;

King James Bible
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

Hebrew
When the battle
הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ (ham·mil·ḥā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

intensified
וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד (wat·tiḵ·baḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

against
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

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

the archers
הַמּוֹרִ֖ים (ham·mō·w·rîm)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

overtook him
וַיִּמְצָאֻ֥הוּ (way·yim·ṣā·’u·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

and wounded him
וַיָּ֥חֶל (way·yā·ḥel)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

critically.
מְאֹ֖ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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