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2 Samuel 24:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 24:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 24:323 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יוֹאָ֜בywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
וְ/יוֹסֵ֣ףwəywōsēp
addconjH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
יְהוָה֩yəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָʾĕlōheykā
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עָ֜םhāʿām
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
hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
פְעָמִ֔יםpəʿāmiym
anvilnounH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
וְ/עֵינֵ֥יwəʿēynēy
eyeconjH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
אֲדֹנִֽ/יʾădōniy
lordnounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
רֹא֑וֹתrōʾwōt
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וַ/אדֹנִ֣/יwaʾdōniy
lordconjH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
חָפֵ֖ץḥāpēṣ
(haveverbH2654
any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···
בַּ/דָּבָ֥רbadābār
wordpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
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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