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

And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath–hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.


2 Samuel 2:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 2:1616 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יַּחֲזִ֜קוּwayaḥăziqw
and they took holdconjH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁbərōʾš
on the head ofpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
רֵעֵ֗/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
וְ/חַרְבּ/וֹ֙wəḥarəbwō
and sword hisconjH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
בְּ/צַ֣דbəṣad
was in the side ofpronH6654
רֵעֵ֔/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
וַֽ/יִּפְּל֖וּwayipəlw
and they fellconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
יַחְדָּ֑וyaḥədāw
togetheradvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
וַ/יִּקְרָא֙wayiqərāʾ
and someone calledconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
לַ/מָּק֣וֹםlamāqwōm
the placepronH4725
home · open · place · room ···
הַ/ה֔וּאhahwʾ
thatparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
חֶלְקַ֥תḥeləqat
HelkathnounH2521
הַצֻּרִ֖יםhaṣuriym
HazzurimnounH2521
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בְּ/גִבְעֽוֹןbəgibəʿwōn
is in GibeonpronH1391
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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