“Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.”
2 Samuel 21:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 21:126 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רָעָב֩rāʿāb
a faminenounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
בִּ/ימֵ֨יbiymēy
in the days ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
דָוִ֜דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
שָׁלֹ֣שׁšālōš
threeadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
שָׁנִ֗יםšāniym
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
שָׁנָה֙šānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
שָׁנָ֔הšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
וַ/יְבַקֵּ֥שׁwayəbaqēš
and he soughtconjH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
דָּוִ֖דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
the face ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
because ofpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
and because ofconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/דָּמִ֔יםhadāmiym
bloodparticleH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֵמִ֖יתhēmiyt
he put to deathverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/גִּבְעֹנִֽיםhagibəʿōniym
the GibeonitesparticleH1393
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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