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2 Samuel 12:3 — King James Version← Study notes

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.


2 Samuel 12:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 12:325 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לָ/רָ֣שׁwəlārāš
lackconjH7326
needy · poor
אֵֽיןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
כֹּ֗לkōl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
כִּי֩kiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
כִּבְשָׂ֨הkibəśāh
lambnounH3535
אַחַ֤תʾaḥat
aadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
קְטַנָּה֙qəṭanāh
leastadjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
קָנָ֔הqānāh
attainverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
וַ/יְחַיֶּ֕/הָwayəḥayehā
keep (leaveconjH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וַ/תִּגְדַּ֥לwatigədal
advanceconjH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
עִמּ֛/וֹʿimwō
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
וְ/עִםwəʿim
accompanyingconjH5973
against · and · as · before ···
בָּנָ֖י/וbānāyw
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יַחְדָּ֑וyaḥədāw
alikeadvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
מִ/פִּתּ֨/וֹmipitwō
meatpronH6595
morsel · piece
תֹאכַ֜לtōʾkal
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וּ/מִ/כֹּס֤/וֹwmikōswō
cupconjH3563
owl. Compare
תִשְׁתֶּה֙tišəteh
banquetverbH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וּ/בְ/חֵיק֣/וֹwbəḥēyqwō
bosomconjH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
תִשְׁכָּ֔בtišəkāb
cast downverbH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
וַ/תְּהִיwatəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
כְּ/בַֽתkəbat
applepronH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
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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