Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 21:1 Interlinear

Then there was a famine in the days and David three year year after year enquired and David of And the LORD answered And the LORD It is for Saul house and for his bloody because he slew the Gibeonites

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֣יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2רָעָב֩H7458Then there was a faminehunger (more or less extensive)
3בִּימֵ֨יH3117in the daysa 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
4דָּוִ֖דH1732and Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
5שָׁלֹ֣שׁH7969threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
6שָׁנָ֔הH8141yeara year (as a revolution of time)
7שָׁנָ֔הH8141yeara year (as a revolution of time)
8אַֽחֲרֵ֣יH310afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
9שָׁנָ֔הH8141yeara year (as a revolution of time)
10וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁH1245enquiredto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
11דָּוִ֖דH1732and Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
12אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13פְּנֵ֣יH6440ofthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
14יְהוָ֗הH3068And the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
15וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559answeredto say (used with great latitude)
16יְהוָ֗הH3068And the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
17אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
18שָׁאוּל֙H7586It is for Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
19וְאֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
20בֵּ֣יתH1004housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
21הַדָּמִ֔יםH1818and for his bloodyblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
22עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
23אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
24הֵמִ֖יתH4191because he slewto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
25אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
26הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים׃H1393the Gibeonitesa gibonite, or inhabitant of gibon

Verse Context

2 Samuel 21:1 (current) Then there was a famine in the days and David three year year after year enquired and David of And the LORD answered And the LORD It is for Saul house and for his bloody because he slew the Gibeonites
2 Samuel 21:2called And the king the Gibeonites and said the Gibeonites...

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