“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
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רָעָב֩rāʿāb
dearthnounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
בִּ/ימֵ֨יbiymēy
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
דָוִ֜דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
שָׁלֹ֣שׁšālōš
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
שָׁנִ֗יםšāniym
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
שָׁנָה֙šānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
שָׁנָ֔הšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
וַ/יְבַקֵּ֥שׁwayəbaqēš
askconjH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
דָּוִ֖דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
aboutconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/דָּמִ֔יםhadāmiym
blood(-yparticleH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֵמִ֖יתhēmiyt
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/גִּבְעֹנִֽיםhagibəʿōniym
GibeoniteparticleH1393
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.