“And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?”
2 Samuel 12:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 12:2215 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בְּ/עוֹד֙bəʿwōd
while stillpronH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
הַ/יֶּ֣לֶדhayeled
the childparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
חַ֔יḥay
was aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
צַ֖מְתִּיṣamətiy
I fastedverbH6684
at all
וָֽ/אֶבְכֶּ֑הwāʾebəkeh
and I weptconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ʾāmarətiy
I saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מִ֣יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יוֹדֵ֔עַywōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
יחנ/ניyḥnny
beseechverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
וְ/חַנַּ֥/נִיwəḥananiy
beseechconjH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/חַ֥יwəḥay
aliveconjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
הַ/יָּֽלֶדhayāled
the childparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
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.