Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 15:4 Interlinear

said Absalom moreover Oh that I were made judge in the land might come that every man which hath any suit or cause unto me and I would do him justice

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםH53Absalomabshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
3מִיH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
4יְשִׂמֵ֥נִיH7760moreover Oh that I were madeto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
5שֹׁפֵ֖טH8199judgeto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
6בָּאָ֑רֶץH776in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7וְעָלַ֗יH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8יָב֥וֹאH935might cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
9כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
10אִ֛ישׁH376that every mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
11אֲשֶֽׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12יִֽהְיֶהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13לּוֹH0
14רִ֥יבH7379which hath any suita contest (personal or legal)
15וּמִשְׁפָּ֖טH4941or causeproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
16וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו׃H6663unto me and I would do him justiceto be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)

Verse Context

2 Samuel 15:3said And Absalom unto him See thy matters are good...
2 Samuel 15:4 (current)said Absalom moreover Oh that I were made judge in the land might come that every man which hath any suit or cause unto me and I would do him justice
2 Samuel 15:5 came nigh And it was so that when any man to him to do him obeisance he put forth...

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