“And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?”
2 Samuel 24:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 24:323 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יוֹאָ֜בywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
וְ/יוֹסֵ֣ףwəywōsēp
and may he addconjH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
יְהוָה֩yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָʾĕlōheykā
God yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עָ֜םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
כָּ/הֵ֤םkāhēm
itpronH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וְ/כָ/הֵם֙wəkāhēm
itconjH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
מֵאָ֣הmēʾāh
a hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
פְעָמִ֔יםpəʿāmiym
timesnounH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
וְ/עֵינֵ֥יwəʿēynēy
and the eyes ofconjH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
אֲדֹנִֽ/יʾădōniy
lord mynounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
רֹא֑וֹתrōʾwōt
are seeing itverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וַ/אדֹנִ֣/יwaʾdōniy
and lord myconjH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
חָפֵ֖ץḥāpēṣ
does he delightverbH2654
any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···
בַּ/דָּבָ֥רbadābār
in the thingpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
ℹWords 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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