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2 Samuel 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.


2 Samuel 5:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 5:48 words
HebrewMeaning
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםšəlōšiym
thirtyadjH7970
thirtieth. Compare
שָׁנָ֛הšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
דָּוִ֖דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
בְּ/מָלְכ֑/וֹbəmāləkwō
consultpronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםʾarəbāʿiym
-fortyadjH705
שָׁנָ֖הšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
מָלָֽךְmālākə
consultverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
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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