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2 Samuel 17:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.


2 Samuel 17:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 17:2021 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּwayābōʾw
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עַבְדֵי֩ʿabədēy
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
אַבְשָׁל֨וֹםʾabəšālwōm
AbishalomnounH53
Absalom
אֶֽלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אִשָּׁ֜הhāʾišāh
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
הַ/בַּ֗יְתָ/הhabayətāh
houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙wayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַיֵּ֗הʾayēh
whereparticleH346
אֲחִימַ֨עַץ֙ʾăḥiymaʿaṣ
AhimaaznounH290
וִ/יה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןwiyhwōnātān
Jonathan. CompareconjH3083
וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶרwatōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔הhāʾišāh
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
עָבְר֖וּʿābərw
alienateverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
מִיכַ֣לmiykal
brooknounH4323
הַ/מָּ֑יִםhamāyim
waterparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וַ/יְבַקְשׁוּ֙wayəbaqəšw
askconjH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מָצָ֔אוּmāṣāʾw
befallverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּwayāšubw
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםyərwšālāim
JerusalemnounH3389
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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