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2 Samuel 10:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.


2 Samuel 10:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 10:416 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּ֨חwayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
חָנ֜וּןḥānwn
HanunnounH2586
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עַבְדֵ֣יʿabədēy
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
דָוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
וַ/יְגַלַּח֙wayəgalaḥ
pollconjH1548
shave
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חֲצִ֣יḥăṣiy
halfnounH2677
middle · mid · midst · part ···
זְקָנָ֔/םzəqānām
beardnounH2206
וַ/יִּכְרֹ֧תwayikərōt
be chewedconjH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מַדְוֵי/הֶ֛םmadəwēyhem
garmentnounH4063
בַּ/חֵ֖צִיbaḥēṣiy
halfpronH2677
middle · mid · midst · part ···
עַ֣דʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
שְׁתֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֑םšətwōtēyhem
buttocknounH8357
וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ/םwayəšaləḥēm
appointconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
Words 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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