2 Samuel 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?”

2 Samuel 1:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 1:513 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

דָּוִ֔דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/נַּ֖עַרhanaʿar

babeparticleH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

הַ/מַּגִּ֣ידhamagiyd

bewrayparticleH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

ל֑/וֹlwō

pron

אֵ֣יךְʾēykə

howparticleH349

what

יָדַ֔עְתָּyādaʿətā

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מֵ֥תmēt

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

וִ/יהֽוֹנָתָ֥ןwiyhwōnātān

Jonathan. CompareconjH3083

בְּנֽ/וֹbənwō

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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