Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 24:3 Interlinear

said And Joab the king add Now the LORD thy God unto the people how many soever how many soever they be an hundredfold and that the eyes it but why doth my lord the king may see it but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2יוֹאָ֜בH3097And Joabjoab, the name of three israelites
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428the kinga king
5וְיוֹסֵ֣ףH3254addto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
6יְהוָה֩H3068Now the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
7אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָH430thy Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
8אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
9הָעָ֜םH5971unto the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
10וְכָהֵם֙H1992how many soeverthey (only used when emphatic)
11וְכָהֵם֙H1992how many soeverthey (only used when emphatic)
12מֵאָ֣הH3967they be an hundredfolda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
13פְעָמִ֔יםH6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
14וְעֵינֵ֥יH5869and that the eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
15וַֽאדֹנִ֣יH113it but why doth my lordsovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
16הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428the kinga king
17רֹא֑וֹתH7200may seeto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
18וַֽאדֹנִ֣יH113it but why doth my lordsovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
19הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428the kinga king
20לָ֥מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
21חָפֵ֖ץH2654delightproperly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
22בַּדָּבָ֥רH1697in this thinga word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
23הַזֶּֽה׃H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Verse Context

2 Samuel 24:2said For the king to Joab the captain of the host...
2 Samuel 24:3 (current)said And Joab the king add Now the LORD thy God unto the people how many soever how many soever they be an hundredfold and that the eyes it but why doth my lord the king may see it but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing
2 Samuel 24:4prevailed word Notwithstanding the king's And Joab ...

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