Bible › 2 Samuel › Chapter 23 › Verse 16 › Interlinear “And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.”
2 Samuel 23:16 — Hebrew Interlinear Hebrew · 2 Samuel 23:16 22 words
Hebrew Meaning
וַ/יִּבְקְעוּ֩ wayibəqəʿw
make a breach conj H1234
break forth (into · out · in pieces · through ···
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת šəlōšet
third adj H7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
הַ/גִּבֹּרִ֜ים hagibōriym
champion particle H1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
בְּ/מַחֲנֵ֣ה bəmaḥănēh
army pron H4264
band · battle · camp · company ···
וַ/יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ wayišəʾăbw
מַ֨יִם֙ mayim
water noun H4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʾăšer
as particle H834
after · alike · because · every ···
בַּ/שַּׁ֔עַר bašaʿar
city pron H8179
door · gate · port
וַ/יִּשְׂא֖וּ wayiśəʾw
accept conj H5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
וַ/יָּבִ֣אוּ wayābiʾw
abide conj H935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶל ʾel
about pron H413
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/לֹ֤א wəlōʾ
ere conj H3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָבָה֙ ʾābāh
consent verb H14
rest content will · be willing
לִ/שְׁתּוֹתָ֔/ם lišətwōtām
banquet pron H8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וַ/יַּסֵּ֥ךְ wayasēkə
cover conj H5258
melt · offer · pour · set
אֹתָ֖/ם ʾōtām
(as such unrepresented in English) particle H853
לַֽ/יהוָֽה layhwāh
LORD pron H3068
the Lord. Compare
ℹ 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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