“And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.”
2 Samuel 20:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 20:329 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֨אwayābōʾ
and he cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
דָוִ֣דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּית/וֹ֮bēytwō
house hisnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒yərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
וַ/יִּקַּ֣חwayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אֵ֣תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֶֽשֶׂרʿeśer
the tenadjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
נָשִׁ֣יםnāšiym
womennounH802
each · every · female · many ···
פִּלַגְשִׁ֡יםpilagəšiym
concubinesnounH6370
paramour
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִנִּיחַ֩hiniyḥa
bestowverbH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
לִ/שְׁמֹ֨רlišəmōr
to keeppronH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/בַּ֜יִתhabayit
the houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וַֽ/יִּתְּנֵ֤/םwayitənēm
and he put themconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בֵּיתbēyt
a house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙mišəmeret
confinementnounH4931
keep · or to be kept · office · ordinace ···
וַֽ/יְכַלְכְּלֵ֔/םwayəkaləkəlēm
and he sustained themconjH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
וַ/אֲלֵי/הֶ֖םwaʾălēyhem
and into themconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בָ֑אbāʾ
he wentverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/תִּהְיֶ֧ינָהwatihəyeynāh
and they wereconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
צְרֻר֛וֹתṣərurwōt
locked upverbH6887
afflict · beseige · bind · (be in ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
י֥וֹםywōm
the daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מֻתָ֖/ןmutān
deadverbH4194
death · die
אַלְמְנ֥וּתʾaləmənwt
widowhood ofnounH491
widowhood
חַיּֽוּתḥaywt
livingnounH2424
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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