[14:39] 1 tn The preterite here is subordinated to the next preterite to form a temporal clause.
[14:39] 2 tn The word אָבַל (’aval) is rare, used mostly for mourning over deaths, but it is used here of mourning over bad news (see also Exod 33:4; 1 Sam 15:35; 16:1; etc.).
