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2 Samuel 11:25 — King James Version← Study notes

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.


2 Samuel 11:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 11:2525 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִ֜דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מַּלְאָ֗ךְhamaləʾākə
ambassadorparticleH4397
angel · king · messenger
כֹּֽהkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
תֹאמַ֤רtōʾmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יוֹאָב֙ywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יֵרַ֤עyēraʿ
afflictverbH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
בְּ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙bəʿēyneykā
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/דָּבָ֣רhadābār
wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָ/זֹ֥הkāzōh
as well as anotherpronH2090
it · this · that · thus and thus
וְ/כָ/זֶ֖הwəkāzeh
heconjH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
תֹּאכַ֣לtōʾkal
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
הֶ/חָ֑רֶבheḥāreb
axeparticleH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
הַחֲזֵ֨קhaḥăzēq
aidverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
מִלְחַמְתְּ/ךָ֧miləḥamətəkā
battlenounH4421
fight · war
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עִ֛ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
וְ/הָרְסָ֖/הּwəhārəsāh
beat downconjH2040
break (down · through) · destroy · overthrow ···
וְ/חַזְּקֵֽ/הוּwəḥazəqēhw
aidconjH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
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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