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2 Samuel 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 20:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 20:329 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֨אwayābōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
דָוִ֣דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּית/וֹ֮bēytwō
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒yərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
וַ/יִּקַּ֣חwayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֵ֣תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֶֽשֶׂרʿeśer
tenadjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
נָשִׁ֣יםnāšiym
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
פִּלַגְשִׁ֡יםpilagəšiym
concubinenounH6370
paramour
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִנִּיחַ֩hiniyḥa
bestowverbH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
לִ/שְׁמֹ֨רlišəmōr
bewardpronH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/בַּ֜יִתhabayit
houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וַֽ/יִּתְּנֵ֤/םwayitənēm
addconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בֵּיתbēyt
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙mišəmeret
chargenounH4931
keep · or to be kept · office · ordinace ···
וַֽ/יְכַלְכְּלֵ֔/םwayəkaləkəlēm
(be able toconjH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
וַ/אֲלֵי/הֶ֖םwaʾălēyhem
aboutconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בָ֑אbāʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/תִּהְיֶ֧ינָהwatihəyeynāh
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
צְרֻר֛וֹתṣərurwōt
adversaryverbH6887
afflict · beseige · bind · (be in ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
י֥וֹםywōm
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מֻתָ֖/ןmutān
deadverbH4194
death · die
אַלְמְנ֥וּתʾaləmənwt
widownounH491
widowhood
חַיּֽוּתḥaywt
livingnounH2424
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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