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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
and he commandedconjH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
דָּוִ֨דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/נְּעָרִ֜יםhanəʿāriym
the young menparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
וַ/יַּהַרְג֗וּ/םwayaharəgwm
and they killed themconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
וַֽ/יְקַצְּצ֤וּwayəqaṣəṣw
and they cut offconjH7112
in pieces · in sunder · off) · utmost
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְדֵי/הֶם֙yədēyhem
hands theirnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
רַגְלֵי/הֶ֔םragəlēyhem
feet theirnounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
וַ/יִּתְל֥וּwayitəlw
and they hanged themconjH8518
עַלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/בְּרֵכָ֖הhabərēkāh
the poolparticleH1295
בְּ/חֶבְר֑וֹןbəḥebərwōn
in HebronpronH2275
וְ/אֵ֨תwəʾēt
andconjH853
רֹ֤אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
אִֽישׁʾiyš
Ish-nounH378
בֹּ֨שֶׁת֙bōšet
boshethnounH378
לָקָ֔חוּlāqāḥw
they tookverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
וַ/יִּקְבְּר֥וּwayiqəbərw
and they buried itconjH6912
in any wise
בְ/קֶֽבֶרbəqeber
in the tomb ofpronH6913
grave · sepulchre
אַבְנֵ֖רʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
בְּ/חֶבְרֽוֹןbəḥebərwōn
at 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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