“And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.”
2 Samuel 18:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 18:524 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְצַ֣וwayəṣaw
and he commandedconjH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
י֠וֹאָבywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾăbiyšay
AbishainounH52
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אִתַּי֙ʾitay
IttainounH863
Ittai
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/אַטləʾaṭ
to gentlenesspronH328
gently · secret · softly
לִ֖/יliy
pron
לַ/נַּ֣עַרlanaʿar
to the young manpronH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
לְ/אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםləʾabəšālwōm
to AbsalompronH53
Absalom
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָ֣םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
שָׁמְע֗וּšāməʿw
they heardverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/צַוֺּ֥תbəṣawōt
when commandedpronH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/שָּׂרִ֖יםhaśāriym
the commandersparticleH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דְּבַ֥רdəbar
the matter ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
אַבְשָׁלֽוֹםʾabəšālwōm
AbsalomnounH53
Absalom
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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