2 Samuel 12:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.”

2 Samuel 12:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 12:1613 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְבַקֵּ֥שׁwayəbaqēš

askconjH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

דָּוִ֛דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

בְּעַ֣דbəʿad

aboutpronH1157

at by · for · over · through ···

הַ/נָּ֑עַרhanāʿar

babeparticleH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

וַ/יָּ֤צָםwayāṣām

fastconjH6684

at all

דָּוִד֙dāwid

DavidnounH1732

צ֔וֹםṣwōm

fastnounH6685

וּ/בָ֥אwbāʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

וְ/לָ֖ןwəlān

abideconjH3885

continue · dwell · endure · grudge ···

וְ/שָׁכַ֥בwəšākab

cast downconjH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

אָֽרְצָ/הʾārəṣāh

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

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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