2 Samuel 17:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:”

2 Samuel 17:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 17:115 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלʾăḥiytōpel

AhithophelnounH302

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אַבְשָׁלֹ֑םʾabəšālōm

AbishalomnounH53

Absalom

אֶבְחֲרָ֣הʾebəḥărāh

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

נָּ֗אnāʾ

I beseech theeparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

שְׁנֵיםšənēym

bothadjH8147

couple · double · second · twain ···

עָשָׂ֥רʿāśār

(eigh-adjH6240

fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···

אֶ֨לֶף֙ʾelep

thousandadjH505

אִ֔ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

וְ/אָק֛וּמָהwəʾāqwmāh

abideconjH6965

accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···

וְ/אֶרְדְּפָ֥הwəʾerədəpāh

chaseconjH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

דָוִ֖דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

הַ/לָּֽיְלָהhalāyəlāh

nightparticleH3915

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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