“And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.”
2 Samuel 16:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 16:1127 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִ֤דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲבִישַׁי֙ʾăbiyšay
AbishainounH52
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
and toconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲבָדָ֔י/וʿăbādāyw
servants hisnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
הִנֵּ֥הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
בְנִ֛/יbəniy
son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יָצָ֥אyāṣāʾ
he went outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מִ/מֵּעַ֖/יmimēʿay
from inward parts mypronH4578
bowels · heart · womb
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁməbaqēš
is seekingverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/אַ֨ףwəʾap
and indeed?conjH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עַתָּ֜הʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
בֶּןben
the Ben-nounH1145
of Benjamin
הַ/יְמִינִ֗יhayəmiyniy
jaminiteparticleH1145
of Benjamin
הַנִּ֤חוּhaniḥw
bestowverbH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
וִֽ/יקַלֵּ֔לwiyqalēl
so he may curseconjH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָֽמַרʾāmar
he has spokenverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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