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2 Samuel 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.


2 Samuel 4:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 4:1223 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְצַו֩wayəṣaw
appointconjH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
דָּוִ֨דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/נְּעָרִ֜יםhanəʿāriym
babeparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
וַ/יַּהַרְג֗וּ/םwayaharəgwm
destroyconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
וַֽ/יְקַצְּצ֤וּwayəqaṣəṣw
cut (asunderconjH7112
in pieces · in sunder · off) · utmost
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְדֵי/הֶם֙yədēyhem
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
רַגְלֵי/הֶ֔םragəlēyhem
foot(-ednounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
וַ/יִּתְל֥וּwayitəlw
hangconjH8518
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/בְּרֵכָ֖הhabərēkāh
poolparticleH1295
בְּ/חֶבְר֑וֹןbəḥebərwōn
HebronpronH2275
וְ/אֵ֨תwəʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
רֹ֤אשׁrōʾš
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
אִֽישׁʾiyš
Ish-boshethnounH378
בֹּ֨שֶׁת֙bōšet
Ish-boshethnounH378
לָקָ֔חוּlāqāḥw
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
וַ/יִּקְבְּר֥וּwayiqəbərw
buryconjH6912
in any wise
בְ/קֶֽבֶרbəqeber
burying placepronH6913
grave · sepulchre
אַבְנֵ֖רʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
בְּ/חֶבְרֽוֹןbəḥebərwōn
HebronpronH2275
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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