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2 Samuel 5:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.


2 Samuel 5:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 5:2313 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤לwayišəʾal
and he enquiredconjH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
דָּוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
בַּֽ/יהוָ֔הbayhwāh
by YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַעֲלֶ֑הtaʿăleh
you must go upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
הָסֵב֙hāsēb
go aroundverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַ֣חֲרֵי/הֶ֔םʾaḥărēyhem
behind thempronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
וּ/בָ֥אתָwbāʾtā
and you will goconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
לָ/הֶ֖םlāhem
pron
מִ/מּ֥וּלmimwl
from in front ofpronH4136
before · front · from · ward ···
בְּכָאִֽיםbəkāʾiym
the balsam treesnounH1057
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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