“Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.”
2 Samuel 12:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 12:2119 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
עֲבָדָי/ו֙ʿăbādāyw
servants hisnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מָֽהmāh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הַ/דָּבָ֥רhadābār
is the thingparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּ֖הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשִׂ֑יתָהʿāśiytāh
you have doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
בַּ/עֲב֞וּרbaʿăbwr
for sake ofpronH5668
for · that · to
הַ/יֶּ֤לֶדhayeled
the childparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
חַי֙ḥay
was aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
צַ֣מְתָּṣamətā
you fastedverbH6684
at all
וַ/תֵּ֔בְךְּwatēbəkə
and you weptconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
וְ/כַֽ/אֲשֶׁר֙wəkaʾăšer
and just whenconjH834
after · alike · because · every ···
מֵ֣תmēt
he diedverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
הַ/יֶּ֔לֶדhayeled
the childparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
קַ֖מְתָּqamətā
you aroseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
וַ/תֹּ֥אכַלwatōʾkal
and you ateconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
לָֽחֶםlāḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
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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