Hebrew Interlinear
2 Samuel 12:21 Interlinear
“Then said his servants unto him What thing is this that thou hast done but when the child while it was alive thou didst fast and weep was dead but when the child thou didst rise and eat bread”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּֽאמְר֤וּ | H559 | Then said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | עֲבָדָיו֙ | H5650 | his servants | a servant |
| 3 | אֵלָ֔יו | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 4 | מָֽה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 5 | הַדָּבָ֥ר | H1697 | unto him What thing | a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause |
| 6 | הַזֶּ֖ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 7 | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 8 | עָשִׂ֑יתָה | H6213 | is this that thou hast done | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 9 | בַּֽעֲב֞וּר | H5668 | properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that | |
| 10 | הַיֶּ֔לֶד | H3206 | but when the child | something born, i.e., a lad or offspring |
| 11 | חַי֙ | H2416 | while it was alive | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 12 | צַ֣מְתָּ | H6684 | thou didst fast | to cover over (the mouth), i.e., to fast |
| 13 | וַתֵּ֔בְךְּ | H1058 | and weep | to weep; generally to bemoan |
| 14 | וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 15 | מֵ֣ת | H4191 | was dead | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 16 | הַיֶּ֔לֶד | H3206 | but when the child | something born, i.e., a lad or offspring |
| 17 | קַ֖מְתָּ | H6965 | thou didst rise | to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) |
| 18 | וַתֹּ֥אכַל | H398 | and eat | to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| 19 | לָֽחֶם׃ | H3899 | bread | food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) |
Verse Context
2 Samuel 12:20arose Then David from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed...
2 Samuel 12:21 (current)Then said his servants unto him What thing is this that thou hast done but when the child while it was alive thou didst fast and weep was dead but when the child thou didst rise and eat bread
2 Samuel 12:22And he said While the child may live I fasted and wept...