2 Samuel 16:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.”

2 Samuel 16:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 16:1213 words

HebrewMeaning

אוּלַ֛יʾwlay

if so beadvH194

may be · peradventure · unless

יִרְאֶ֥הyirəʾeh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

ב/עונ/יbʿwny

faultpronH5771

iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin

בְּ/עֵינִ֑/יbəʿēyniy

eyepronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

וְ/הֵשִׁ֨יבwəhēšiyb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לִ/י֙liy

pron

טוֹבָ֔הṭwōbāh

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

תַּ֥חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

קִלְלָת֖/וֹqiləlātwō

curse(-dnounH7045

-ing)

הַ/יּ֥וֹםhaywōm

dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

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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