Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 14:2 Interlinear

sent And Joab to Tekoah and fetched but be as a woman thence a wise and said mourned and put on apparel now mourning and anoint not thyself with oil but be as a woman time that had a long mourned for the dead

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חH7971sentto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
2יוֹאָב֙H3097And Joabjoab, the name of three israelites
3תְּק֔וֹעָהH8620to Tekoahtekoa, a place in palestine
4וַיִּקַּ֥חH3947and fetchedto take (in the widest variety of applications)
5מִשָּׁ֖םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
6כְּאִשָּׁ֗הH802but be as a womana woman
7חֲכָמָ֑הH2450thence a wisewise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
8וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
9אֵ֠לֶיהָH413near, with or among; often in general, to
10מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶתH56mournedto bewail
11נָ֞אH4994'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
12וְלִבְשִׁיH3847and put onproperly, wrap around, i.e., (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
13נָ֣אH4994'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
14בִגְדֵיH899apparela covering, i.e., clothing
15אֵ֗בֶלH60now mourninglamentation
16וְאַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
17תָּס֙וּכִי֙H5480and anointproperly, to smear over (with oil), i.e., anoint
18שֶׁ֔מֶןH8081not thyself with oilgrease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
19וְהָיִ֕יתH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
20כְּאִשָּׁ֗הH802but be as a womana woman
21זֶ֚הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
22יָמִ֣יםH3117timea day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
23רַבִּ֔יםH7227that had a longabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
24מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶתH56mournedto bewail
25עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
26מֵֽת׃H4191for the deadto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

Verse Context

2 Samuel 14:1perceived Now Joab the son of Zeruiah heart...
2 Samuel 14:2 (current)sent And Joab to Tekoah and fetched but be as a woman thence a wise and said mourned and put on apparel now mourning and anoint not thyself with oil but be as a woman time that had a long mourned for the dead
2 Samuel 14:3And come to the king and speak on this manner...

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