Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 15:34 Interlinear

to the city But if thou return and say unto Absalom I will be thy servant O king I will be thy servant as I have been thy father's hitherto I will be thy servant then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2הָעִ֣ירH5892to the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
3תָּשׁ֗וּבH7725But if thou returnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
4וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֤H559and sayto say (used with great latitude)
5לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙H53unto Absalomabshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
6עַבְדֶּ֑ךָH5650I will be thy servanta servant
7אֲנִ֤יH589i
8הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428O kinga king
9אֶֽהְיֶ֔הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10עַבְדֶּ֑ךָH5650I will be thy servanta servant
11אָבִ֤יךָH1as I have been thy father'sfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
12וַֽאֲנִי֙H589i
13מֵאָ֔זH227hithertoat that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
14וְעַתָּ֖הH6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
15וַֽאֲנִ֣יH589i
16עַבְדֶּ֑ךָH5650I will be thy servanta servant
17וְהֵֽפַרְתָּ֣הH6565then mayest thou for me defeatto break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate
18לִ֔יH0
19אֵ֖תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
20עֲצַ֥תH6098the counseladvice; by implication, plan; also prudence
21אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃H302of Ahithophelachithophel, an israelite

Verse Context

2 Samuel 15:33said Unto whom David If thou passest on ...
2 Samuel 15:34 (current) to the city But if thou return and say unto Absalom I will be thy servant O king I will be thy servant as I have been thy father's hitherto I will be thy servant then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel
2 Samuel 15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests...

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