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2 Samuel 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.


2 Samuel 2:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 2:2123 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
אַבְנֵ֗רʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
נְטֵ֤הnəṭēh
applyverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
לְ/ךָ֙ləkā
pron
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֙yəmiynəkā
right (handnounH3225
left-handed · side) · south
א֣וֹʾwō
alsoconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׂמֹאלֶ֔/ךָśəmōʾlekā
left (handnounH8040
side)
וֶ/אֱחֹ֣זweʾĕḥōz
barconjH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
לְ/ךָ֗ləkā
pron
אֶחָד֙ʾeḥād
aadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
מֵֽ/הַ/נְּעָרִ֔יםmēhanəʿāriym
babepronH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
וְ/קַחwəqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
לְ/ךָ֖ləkā
pron
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חֲלִצָת֑/וֹḥăliṣātwō
armournounH2488
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָבָ֣הʾābāh
consentverbH14
rest content will · be willing
עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לʿăśāhʾēl
AsahelnounH6214
לָ/ס֖וּרlāswr
bepronH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
מֵ/אַחֲרָֽי/וmēʾaḥărāyw
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
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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