“For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.”
2 Samuel 17:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 17:824 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חוּשַׁ֗יḥwšay
HushainounH2365
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
יָ֠דַעְתָּyādaʿətā
you knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָבִ֨י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אֲנָשָׁ֜י/וʾănāšāyw
is a man ofnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
כִּ֧יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גִבֹּרִ֣יםgibōriym
are warriorsadjH1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
הֵ֗מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וּ/מָרֵ֥יwmārēy
and are bitter ofconjH4751
angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···
נֶ֨פֶשׁ֙nepeš
soulnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
הֵ֔מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
כְּ/דֹ֥בkədōb
like a bearpronH1677
שַׁכּ֖וּלšakwl
robbed of cubsadjH7909
bereaved of children
בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֑הbaśādeh
in the fieldpronH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
וְ/אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙wəʾābiykā
and father yourconjH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִלְחָמָ֔הmiləḥāmāh
warnounH4421
fight · war
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָלִ֖יןyāliyn
he will pass the nightverbH3885
continue · dwell · endure · grudge ···
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
הָ/עָֽםhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
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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