“And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.”
2 Samuel 18:27 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 18:2720 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/צֹּפֶ֔הhaṣōpeh
the watchmanparticleH6822
espy · look up · wait for · watch
אֲנִ֤יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
רֹאֶה֙rōʾeh
am seeingverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מְרוּצַ֣תmərwṣat
the running ofnounH4794
running. Compare
הָ/רִאשׁ֔וֹןhāriʾšwōn
the first oneparticleH7223
before · beginning · eldest · first ···
כִּ/מְרֻצַ֖תkiməruṣat
like the running ofpronH4794
running. Compare
אֲחִימַ֣עַץʾăḥiymaʿaṣ
AhimaaznounH290
בֶּןben
the son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
צָד֑וֹקṣādwōq
ZadoknounH6659
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אִֽישׁʾiyš
is a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
זֶ֔הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
and withconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּשׂוֹרָ֥הbəśwōrāh
newsnounH1309
טוֹבָ֖הṭwōbāh
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
יָבֽוֹאyābwōʾ
he is comingverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
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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