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2 Samuel 23:16 — King James Version← Study notes

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 23:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 23:1622 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּבְקְעוּ֩wayibəqəʿw
make a breachconjH1234
break forth (into · out · in pieces · through ···
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁתšəlōšet
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
הַ/גִּבֹּרִ֜יםhagibōriym
championparticleH1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
בְּ/מַחֲנֵ֣הbəmaḥănēh
armypronH4264
band · battle · camp · company ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםpəlišətiym
PhilistinenounH6430
וַ/יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּwayišəʾăbw
draw(-erconjH7579
water)
מַ֨יִם֙mayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
מִ/בֹּ֤ארmibōʾr
cisternpronH877
בֵּֽיתbēyt
BethlehemnounH1035
לֶ֨חֶם֙leḥem
BethlehemnounH1035
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בַּ/שַּׁ֔עַרbašaʿar
citypronH8179
door · gate · port
וַ/יִּשְׂא֖וּwayiśəʾw
acceptconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
וַ/יָּבִ֣אוּwayābiʾw
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּוִ֑דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
וְ/לֹ֤אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָבָה֙ʾābāh
consentverbH14
rest content will · be willing
לִ/שְׁתּוֹתָ֔/םlišətwōtām
banquetpronH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
וַ/יַּסֵּ֥ךְwayasēkə
coverconjH5258
melt · offer · pour · set
אֹתָ֖/םʾōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לַֽ/יהוָֽהlayhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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