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2 Samuel 23:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.


2 Samuel 23:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 23:1717 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חָלִילָ/ה֩ḥāliylāh
be farparticleH2486
forbid
לִּ֨/יliy
pron
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מֵ/עֲשֹׂ֣תִ/יmēʿăśōtiy
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
זֹ֗אתzōʾt
hereby (-inprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
הֲ/דַ֤םhădam
blood(-yparticleH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁים֙hāʾănāšiym
manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הַ/הֹלְכִ֣יםhahōləkiym
alongparticleH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בְּ/נַפְשׁוֹתָ֔/םbənapəšwōtām
anypronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָבָ֖הʾābāh
consentverbH14
rest content will · be willing
לִ/שְׁתּוֹתָ֑/םlišətwōtām
banquetpronH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
אֵ֣לֶּהʾēleh
an- other; one sortprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
עָשׂ֔וּʿāśw
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁתšəlōšet
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
הַ/גִּבֹּרִֽיםhagibōriym
championparticleH1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
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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