Hebrew Interlinear
2 Samuel 10:4 Interlinear
“took Wherefore Hanun servants David's and shaved off in the middle of their beards and cut off their garments in the middle even to their buttocks and sent them away”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּקַּ֨ח | H3947 | took | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 2 | חָנ֜וּן | H2586 | Wherefore Hanun | chanun, the name of an ammonite and of two israelites |
| 3 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 4 | עַבְדֵ֣י | H5650 | servants | a servant |
| 5 | דָוִ֗ד | H1732 | David's | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 6 | וַיְגַלַּח֙ | H1548 | and shaved off | properly, to be bald, i.e., (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste |
| 7 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 8 | בַּחֵ֖צִי | H2677 | in the middle | the half or middle |
| 9 | זְקָנָ֔ם | H2206 | of their beards | the beard (as indicating age) |
| 10 | וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת | H3772 | and cut off | to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt |
| 11 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 12 | מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם | H4063 | their garments | properly, extent, i.e., measure; by implication, a dress (as measured) |
| 13 | בַּחֵ֖צִי | H2677 | in the middle | the half or middle |
| 14 | עַ֣ד | H5704 | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | |
| 15 | שְׁתֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם | H8357 | even to their buttocks | the seat (of the person) |
| 16 | וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ | H7971 | and sent them away | to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) |
Verse Context
2 Samuel 10:3said And the princes of the children of Ammon unto Hanun...
2 Samuel 10:4 (current)took Wherefore Hanun servants David's and shaved off in the middle of their beards and cut off their garments in the middle even to their buttocks and sent them away
2 Samuel 10:5When they told it unto David he sent to meet ...