Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 5:17 Interlinear

heard But when the Philistines that they had anointed David king over Israel came up But when the Philistines to seek David heard David of it and went down to the hold

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עH8085heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430But when the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
3כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4מָשְׁח֨וּH4886that they had anointedto rub with oil, i.e., to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6דָּוִ֔דH1732Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
7לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙H4428kinga king
8עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478over Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
10וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּH5927came upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
11כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
12פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430But when the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
13לְבַקֵּ֣שׁH1245to seekto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15דָּוִ֔דH1732Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
16וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עH8085heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
17דָּוִ֔דH1732Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
18וַיֵּ֖רֶדH3381of it and went downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
19אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
20הַמְּצוּדָֽה׃H4686to the holda fastness

Verse Context

2 Samuel 5:16And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphalet...
2 Samuel 5:17 (current)heard But when the Philistines that they had anointed David king over Israel came up But when the Philistines to seek David heard David of it and went down to the hold
2 Samuel 5:18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim...

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