“But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.”
2 Samuel 21:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 21:1725 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּֽעֲזָרwayaʿăzār
helpconjH5826
succour
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
אֲבִישַׁ֣יʾăbiyšay
AbishainounH52
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
צְרוּיָ֔הṣərwyāh
ZeruiahnounH6870
וַ/יַּ֥ךְwayakə
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יhapəlišətiy
PhilistineparticleH6430
וַ/יְמִיתֵ֑/הוּwayəmiytēhw
dead (bodyconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אָ֣זʾāz
beginningadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩nišəbəʿw
adjureverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
דָוִ֨דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
ל֜/וֹlwō
pron
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֵצֵ֨אtēṣēʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
ע֤וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
אִתָּ֨/נוּ֙ʾitānw
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔הlamiləḥāmāh
battlepronH4421
fight · war
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תְכַבֶּ֖הtəkabeh
go outverbH3518
quench
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נֵ֥רnēr
candlenounH5216
lamp · light
יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
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.