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2 Samuel 16:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.


2 Samuel 16:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 16:2124 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל֙ʾăḥiytōpel
AhithophelnounH302
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םʾabəšālōm
AbishalomnounH53
Absalom
בּ֚וֹאbwōʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּלַגְשֵׁ֣יpilagəšēy
concubinenounH6370
paramour
אָבִ֔י/ךָʾābiykā
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִנִּ֖יחַhiniyḥa
bestowverbH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
לִ/שְׁמ֣וֹרlišəmwōr
bewardpronH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/בָּ֑יִתhabāyit
houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וְ/שָׁמַ֤עwəšāmaʿ
call togetherconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּnibəʾašətā
be abhorred (had in abominationverbH887
loathsome · odious) · (cause a · make to) stink ···
אֶתʾet
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אָבִ֔י/ךָʾābiykā
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/חָ֣זְק֔וּwəḥāzəqw
aidconjH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
יְדֵ֖יyədēy
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִתָּֽ/ךְʾitākə
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
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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