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2 Samuel 21:7 — King James Version← Study notes

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.


2 Samuel 21:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 21:720 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּחְמֹ֣לwayaḥəmōl
have compassionconjH2550
pity · spare
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מְפִיməpiy
MephiboshethnounH4648
בֹ֖שֶׁתbōšet
ashamednounH1322
confusion · greatly · shame
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyəhwōnātān
Jonathan. ComparenounH3083
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שָׁא֑וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁבֻעַ֤תšəbuʿat
cursenounH7621
oath · sworn
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בֵּֽינֹתָ֔/םbēynōtām
amongpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
בֵּ֣יןbēyn
amongpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
דָּוִ֔דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
וּ/בֵ֖יןwbēyn
amongconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
יְהוֹנָתָ֥ןyəhwōnātān
Jonathan. ComparenounH3083
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שָׁאֽוּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
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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