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2 Samuel 24:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.


2 Samuel 24:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 24:224 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יוֹאָ֣בywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
שַׂרśar
captainnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/חַ֣יִלhaḥayil
ableparticleH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִתּ֗/וֹʾitwō
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
שֽׁוּטšwṭ
go (aboutverbH7751
through · to and fro) · mariner · rower ···
נָ֞אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
שִׁבְטֵ֤יšibəṭēy
dartnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
מִ/דָּן֙midān
DanielpronH1835
וְ/עַדwəʿad
againstconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
בְּאֵ֣רbəʾēr
Beer-shebahnounH884
שֶׁ֔בַעšebaʿ
Beer-shebahadjH884
וּ/פִקְד֖וּwpiqədw
appointconjH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָ֑םhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/יָ֣דַעְתִּ֔יwəyādaʿətiy
acknowledgeconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֵ֖תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִסְפַּ֥רmisəpar
accountnounH4557
abundance · all · few · finite ···
הָ/עָֽםhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
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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