“And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.”
2 Samuel 17:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 17:1425 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ʾabəšālwōm
AbsalomnounH53
Absalom
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and everyconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
man ofnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
טוֹבָ֗הṭwōbāh
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
עֲצַת֙ʿăṣat
the counsel ofnounH6098
advisement · counsel) · purpose
חוּשַׁ֣יḥwšay
HushainounH2365
הָ/אַרְכִּ֔יhāʾarəkiy
the ArkiteparticleH757
Archite
מֵ/עֲצַ֖תmēʿăṣat
more than the counsel ofpronH6098
advisement · counsel) · purpose
אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶלʾăḥiytōpel
AhithophelnounH302
וַ/יהוָ֣הwayhwāh
and YahwehconjH3068
the Lord. Compare
צִוָּ֗הṣiwāh
he had commandedverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
לְ/הָפֵ֞רləhāpēr
to frustratepronH6565
any ways · cast off · cause to cease · clean ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֲצַ֤תʿăṣat
the counsel ofnounH6098
advisement · counsel) · purpose
אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל֙ʾăḥiytōpel
AhithophelnounH302
הַ/טּוֹבָ֔הhaṭwōbāh
goodparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לְ/בַ/עֲב֗וּרləbaʿăbwr
in orderpronH5668
for · that · to
הָבִ֧יאhābiyʾ
to bringverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםʾabəšālwōm
AbsalomnounH53
Absalom
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/רָעָֽהhārāʿāh
calamityparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
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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