2 Samuel 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.”

2 Samuel 8:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 8:618 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂםwayāśem

and he putconjH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

דָּוִ֤דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

נְצִבִים֙nəṣibiym

garrisonsnounH5333

officer · pillar

בַּ/אֲרַ֣םbaʾăram

in ArampronH758

Mesopotamia · Syria · Syrians

דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdameśeq

DamascusnounH1834

וַ/תְּהִ֤יwatəhiy

and it becameconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

אֲרָם֙ʾărām

AramnounH758

Mesopotamia · Syria · Syrians

לְ/דָוִ֔דlədāwid

of DavidpronH1732

לַ/עֲבָדִ֖יםlaʿăbādiym

servantspronH5650

bondage · servant · servant

נוֹשְׂאֵ֣יnwōśəʾēy

bearingverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

מִנְחָ֑הminəḥāh

tributenounH4503

oblation · offering · present · sacrifice

וַ/יֹּ֤שַׁעwayōšaʿ

and he gave victory toconjH3467

at all · defend · deliver · help ···

יְהוָה֙yəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

דָּוִ֔דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

בְּ/כֹ֖לbəkōl

in everypronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

whereparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

הָלָֽךְhālākə

he wentverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

ℹWords 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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