2 Samuel 12:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”

2 Samuel 12:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 12:2316 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/עַתָּ֣הwəʿatāh

henceforthconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

מֵ֗תmēt

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

לָ֤/מָּהlāmāh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

זֶּה֙zeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

אֲנִ֣יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

צָ֔םṣām

fastverbH6684

at all

הַ/אוּכַ֥לhaʾwkal

be ableparticleH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לַ/הֲשִׁיב֖/וֹlahăšiybwō

((breakpronH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

ע֑וֹדʿwōd

againadvH5750

all life long · at all · besides · but ···

אֲנִי֙ʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

הֹלֵ֣ךְhōlēkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

וְ/ה֖וּאwəhwʾ

heconjH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָשׁ֥וּבyāšwb

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֵלָֽ/יʾēlāy

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

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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