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2 Samuel 11:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.


2 Samuel 11:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 11:126 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִי֩wayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִ/תְשׁוּבַ֨תlitəšwbat
answerpronH8666
be expired · return
הַ/שָּׁנָ֜הhašānāh
yearparticleH8141
whole age · long · old
לְ/עֵ֣תləʿēt
wayspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
צֵ֣אתṣēʾt
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
הַ/מַּלְאֿכִ֗יםhamaləʾkiym
kingparticleH4428
royal
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֣חwayišəlaḥ
appointconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
דָּוִ֡דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יוֹאָב֩ywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
עֲבָדָ֨י/וʿăbādāyw
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
עִמּ֜/וֹʿimwō
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וַ/יַּשְׁחִ֨תוּ֙wayašəḥitw
batterconjH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עַמּ֔וֹןʿamwōn
AmmonnounH5983
Ammonites
וַ/יָּצֻ֖רוּwayāṣurw
adversaryconjH6696
assault · beset · besiege · bind ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רַבָּ֑הrabāh
RabbahnounH7237
Rabbath
וְ/דָוִ֖דwədāwid
DavidconjH1732
יוֹשֵׁ֥בywōšēb
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽםbiyrwšālāim
JerusalempronH3389
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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