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2 Samuel 17:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.


2 Samuel 17:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 17:1621 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֡הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
שִׁלְח֣וּšiləḥw
sendverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
מְהֵרָה֩məhērāh
quicklynounH4120
quickly · shortly · soon · make speed ···
וְ/הַגִּ֨ידוּwəhagiydw
and tellconjH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
לְ/דָוִ֜דlədāwid
to DavidpronH1732
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תָּ֤לֶןtālen
you pass the nightverbH3885
continue · dwell · endure · grudge ···
הַ/לַּ֨יְלָה֙halayəlāh
this nightparticleH3915
בְּ/עַֽרְב֣וֹתbəʿarəbwōt
at the desert plains ofpronH6160
champaign · desert · evening · heaven ···
הַ/מִּדְבָּ֔רhamidəbār
the wildernessparticleH4057
south · speech · wilderness
וְ/גַ֖םwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
עָב֣וֹרʿābwōr
certainlyverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
תַּעֲב֑וֹרtaʿăbwōr
you will pass oververbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
פֶּ֚ןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יְבֻלַּ֣עyəbulaʿ
it should be swallowed upverbH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְlamelekə
to the kingpronH4428
royal
וּ/לְ/כָלwləkāl
and to allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָ֖םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִתּֽ/וֹʾitwō
is with himpronH854
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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